- Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud declared closed military zone.
- Full curfew imposed by Syrian authorities Friday.
- Fighting intensifies with Kurdish-led SDF forces.
A full curfew will be enforced from 630 a.m.( original time) until further notice, according to a statement from the Syrian army's Operations Authority. Residents are advised to avoid windows, seek retreat on lower bottoms, and stay down from places where SDF units are posted.
The Syrian army's head of media and dispatches, Asim Ghayloun, claimed that government forces had destroyed a security cache inside the neighborhood that was employed by the SDF and the Kurdistan Workers' Party( PKK). He denied the SDF's assertion that the position was a sanitarium, claiming that occupant- mugged footage revealed recreating secondary explosions that were harmonious with artillery that had been stored.
He went on to say that the army had enforced" philanthropic measures," similar as extending escape deadlines and opening evacuation channels.
According to the Internal Security Forces( Asayish) in Aleppo, their fighters attacked a group of Syrian government forces posted near Sheikh Maqsoud, performing in verified government military losses. The association indicted units combined with Damascus of" violent and nonstop shelling" of domestic areas, including service centers and hospitals.
As government forces tried to approach with tanks and armored units, the Asayish claimed to have killed 13 bushwhackers, destroyed two armored vehicles, and captured two fighters in the ongoing fighting near the Ashrafieh quarter.
Authorities in Deir ez-Zor, in eastern Syria, closed the Raqqa–Deir ez-Zor route close to the town of Maadan and declared that all river crossings would be closed starting at 5:00 p.m. on Friday until further notice, with the exception of humanitarian instances.
Syria's Defense Ministry issued a deadline for armed groups to leave a number of neighborhoods and declared a truce in some areas of Aleppo earlier today. Agence France-Presse claimed at least 21 deaths total, but the Health Ministry stated that the violence, which started on January 6, killed four people and injured eighteen more.
The conflict coincides with failed attempts to put into effect a deal intended to incorporate Kurdish military and administrative institutions into Syria's political system. Despite an agreement in April that called for the evacuation of Kurdish fighters, Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh have remained under Kurdish control.
What are the humanitarian corridors and how to reach them safely?
Syrian authorities established philanthropic corridors in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, functional daily from 400 p.m. to 600 p.m. original time, allowing civilians to void the unrestricted military zone under full curfew amid boosted clashes with SDF forces.
Residents exit via designated safe routes from SDF- held Sheikh Maqsoud toward government- controlled Ashrafieh and Bani Zeid areas, avoiding combat zones, SDF checkpoints, and upper bottoms windows per army warnings.
Travel light with essential documents ID, avoiding peak 630 p.m. curfew enforcement violators threat detention. Post-evacuation, government harbors give food/ medical aid in safer Aleppo sections; 165,000 displaced since January 6 clashes.