<figure id="attachment_3256186" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3256186" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3256186 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/5f272d30-afp__20260111__92cw69e__v1__midres__syriaconflictkurdsaleppo_1_1_cropped_1.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3256186" class="wp-caption-text">People walk down a street as a car passes after a ceasefire ends days of fighting between Syrian forces and Kurdish fighters in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
ALEPPO: Syria&#8217;s army told Kurdish forces today to withdraw from an area they control east of Aleppo after dislodging fighters from two neighbourhoods in the city in deadly clashes last week.
State television published an army statement with a map declaring a large area a &#8220;closed military zone&#8221; and said &#8220;all armed groups in this area must withdraw to east of the Euphrates&#8221; River.
The area begins near Deir Hafer, around 50km east of Aleppo city and extends to the Euphrates further east, as well as towards the south.
On Monday, Syria accused the US-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of sending reinforcements to Deir Hafer and said it sent its own personnel there in response.
The SDF denied any build-up of its forces in the region.
An AFP correspondent saw government forces bringing military reinforcements, including artillery, to the Deir Hafer area today.
On the weekend, Syria&#8217;s government took full control of Aleppo city after taking over its Kurdish neighbourhoods and evacuating fighters there to Kurdish-controlled areas in the country&#8217;s northeast following days of clashes.
The violence started last Tuesday after negotiations stalled on integrating the Kurds&#8217; de facto autonomous administration and forces into the country&#8217;s new government.
The SDF controls swathes of the country&#8217;s oil-rich north and northeast, much of which they captured during Syria&#8217;s civil war and the fight against the Islamic State group.

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Syrian army tells Kurdish forces to withdraw from area east of Aleppo city

The area begins near Deir Hafer, around 50km east of Aleppo city and extends to the Euphrates further east, as well as towards the south.

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