Syrian Army Says Controls Aleppo District, Kurdish Forces Deny Claim

This is Beirut, 10/01 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Syria's army said it had completed a "security sweep" on Saturday of a neighborhood in Aleppo where it clashed with Kurdish forces, who denied losing control of the area after defying calls to surrender. Government forces began striking the Sheikh Maqsud district overnight after a deadline elapsed for Kurdish fighters to withdraw during a ...