Syria Secures Kurdish Districts in Aleppo After Evacuations and Arrests

Overview

• Interior Ministry officials say 419 Kurdish fighters, including 59 wounded, were evacuated from Sheikh-Maqsoud and Ashrafiya, and about 300 people, including Asayish members, were detained while leaving Aleppo.
• State media report engineering units have begun clearing mines and explosives in recaptured neighborhoods to enable displaced residents to go back safely.
• Al Ekhbariya reported that 10 buses carried roughly 350 SDF fighters from Sheikh-Maqsoud toward the northeast, with onward movement expected to the east bank of the Euphrates.
• The Health Ministry says at least 24 civilians have been killed and about 129 injured since January 6 during shelling attributed by authorities to SDF formations.
• The SDF denies striking civilian areas and a representative alleged Turkish drones supported government forces, while Turkey’s Hürriyet reported that a larger operation east of the Euphrates is being considered for February if SDF integration stalls.