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Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces exchanged fire in eastern Aleppo province on Tuesday, marking a possible new escalation following recent clashes in Syria’s second-largest city.
Some key facts:
• Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces exchanged fire on Tuesday in eastern Aleppo province with no casualties immediately reported.
• The Syrian army declared an area east of Aleppo a “closed military zone” due to alleged SDF mobilization and drone attacks.
• Clashes in Aleppo last week displaced tens of thousands of people before ending over the weekend with the evacuation of Kurdish fighters from Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.
• Damascus now has full control of the Sheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh neighborhoods, where the clashes occurred.
• Syrian officials accused the SDF of building up forces near Maskana and Deir Hafer, about 60 kilometers east of Aleppo city.
• A drone struck the Aleppo governorate building on Saturday shortly after two Cabinet ministers and a local official held a news conference.
• A March deal between Damascus and the SDF calls for the Kurdish-led group to merge with the Syrian army by the end of 2025, but disagreements remain over implementation.
• The tensions come amid an impasse in political negotiations between the central government under interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and the Kurdish-led forces.
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