An SDF-Damascus agreement is underway in Aleppo’s Kurdish neighborhoods, which could serve as a proving ground for the success of a broader agreement in northern Syria.
Syrian opposition factions advanced rapidly and entered districts of Aleppo city on Friday in a shock offensive against regime forces, who unexpectedly retreated and lost strategic positions, including large parts of the M5 highway.
Nearly seven years after east Aleppo returned to regime control, the area’s neighborhoods still struggle with poor basic services—from electricity and water to sanitation—leaving residents feeling the neglect is “deliberate.”
