Fighting resumes in Aleppo after ceasefire collapse
Stockholm, January 10 (Hibya) – After fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) refused to comply with the ceasefire agreement and withdraw, the Syrian army entered intense clashes in Aleppo.
Aleppo’s emergency chief Mohammed al-Rajab told Al Jazeera that at least 162,000 people have fled the Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maksoud neighborhoods due to the fighting.
A Syrian military source told Al Jazeera that the army has “made progress” in the Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood and controls 55 percent of the area.
The army said SDF fighters killed at least three Syrian soldiers. The SDF, meanwhile, claimed that groups linked to the Syrian government carried out artillery shelling in Deir ez-Hafer east of Aleppo, killing a 10-year-old girl.
Since violence flared on Tuesday, at least 22 people, including civilians, have been killed.
Meanwhile, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), 15 ambulances of the Kurdish Red Crescent and medical teams equipped with humanitarian aid requested safe passage to evacuate the wounded from the Sheikh Maksoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods in line with international standards, but the request was rejected.
According to reliable SOHR sources, the medical convoy contacted various parties within the Interim Government but received no response and was forced to turn back after reaching the city of Tabqa.
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