Some flee, others express relief as Syria announces ceasefire after days of clashes with Kurdish

Описание: (9 Jan 2026)
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Aleppo, Syria - 9 January 2026
1. Various of people evacuating from Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood
2. Damaged building in Achrafieh neighbourhood
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3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Ahmed Hajjar, Achrafieh neighborhood resident:
“(The ceasefire) is good, it’s excellent, thank God, it’s a very good step, the army took a good step. What we need now is for them to remove these checkpoints so we can breathe a little, so we can move around. "
4.Various of armed security forces in streets
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5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Radwan Hamadi, Achrafieh neighbourhood resident:
“We had a very difficult night last night, but we just want this to pass peacefully. Hopefully things will get better after the ceasefire now. I’ve reopened my shop, thank God, now we can go back to working and making a living.”
6. Hamadi sweeping
7. Various of neighborhood
STORYLINE:
Syria's Defense Ministry announced a ceasefire on Friday after three days of clashes between government forces and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo that displaced over 140,000 people.

There was no immediate response from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, while a local Kurdish council rejected calls for the evacuation of fighters.

The Defense Ministry statement said the ceasefire became effective at 3 a.m. in the three city neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Achrafieh and Bani Zaid and gave armed groups six hours to leave the area.

It said departing militants would be allowed to carry their “personal light weapons” and would be provided with an escort to the country's northeast, which is controlled by the SDF.

Aleppo's Governor Azzam al-Gharib toured the contested neighborhoods with an escort of security forces overnight.

However, in the hours after the announcement no fighters departed. Buses lined up to evacuate militants remained empty hours after the deadline.

Associated Press journalists at the scene said a burst of machine-gun fire targeted the location the buses had entered from, and an artillery shell landed on the road, but calm quickly returned.

AP Video shot by Ghaith Alsayed

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