59 h. ago Civilians flee on foot as Syrian military offensive looms east of Aleppo

A trickle of civilians has left a contested area east of Aleppo after a Syrian military warning to evacuate

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3 d. ago Syrian military tells civilians to evacuate contested area east of Aleppo amid rising tensions

Syria’s military has announced it will open a “humanitarian corridor” for civilians to evacuate from an area in Aleppo province

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6 d. ago First responders enter devastated Aleppo neighborhood after days of deadly fighting

Residents have started returning to a contested neighborhood in Syria's Aleppo after deadly clashes between government and Kurdish-led forces

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6 d. ago Syrian forces expel Kurdish fighters as US strikes Islamic State targets

Three hundred Kurds detained and further 400 evacuated following clashes in AleppoSyrian government forces have detained 300 Kurds and evacuated more than 400 Kurdish fighters after clashes in Aleppo, the interior ministry has said, as US and allied forces carried out separate “large-scale” strikes against Islamic State targets.An interior ministry official told Agence France-Presse that about 360 Kurdish fighters and 60 wounded had been bussed to the Kurds’ de facto autonomous zone in the north-east from the Sheikh Maqsoud district, the last area of Aleppo to fall to the army. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Syrian security forces enter Aleppo neighborhood after clashes with Kurdish fighters

Syrian security forces have deployed in Aleppo after intense clashes with Kurdish fighters

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9 d. ago Syrian army orders Aleppo evacuations amid fighting with Kurdish forces

People told to leave three areas as fears grow of wider conflict between government and Kurdish authoritiesThe Syrian army ordered civilians to evacuate neighbourhoods of Aleppo on Thursday after fighting with Kurdish forces entered its third day, deepening the rift between the Syrian government and the US-backed Kurdish authorities in Syria.The Syrian government urged people to leave the three contested neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh and Bani Zeid by early afternoon, opening humanitarian corridors and displacement shelters to facilitate their exit. The Syrian army said it would begin military operations against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after the deadline, and issued maps showing specific areas that needed to be evacuated. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Syrian authorities urge civilians to evacuate Aleppo neighborhoods as clashes with Kurds continue

Syrian authorities have warned civilians to leave a contested area in Aleppo as clashes continue between government and Kurdish forces

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