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Kurdish fighters leave Syria's Aleppo

Jan 12, 2026

Damascus [Syria], January 12: The last fighters from a Kurdish-led militia have left Syria's northern city of Aleppo following a ceasefire agreement that ended days of intense fighting, a provincial governor and media reports said on Sunday.
Syrian government troops and allied militias clashed with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo. Both sides have accused each other of instigating the clashes.
The fighting, which erupted on Tuesday, was linked to stalled negotiations over the integration of Kurdish-run institutions and SDF fighters into the Syrian state following an agreement reached between both sides in March last year.
Aleppo Governor Azzam al-Gharib told Al Jazeera on Sunday that Aleppo had become "empty of SDF fighters," after government forces coordinated their withdrawal.
Syria's state news agency SANA reported that the last SDF fighters left the area by bus overnight, heading to Syria's north-east, a self-governed Kurdish area.
The violence has claimed the lives of at least 105 people, including 45 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, reported.
Source: Qatar Tribune

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