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Syrian Government Detains Kurds, Evacuates Fighters After Aleppo Clashes

Syrian government forces⁢ detained 300 kurds and evacuated over 400 Kurdish fighters from Aleppo following clashes that erupted after integration negotiations stalled, according to the interior​ ministry.

Details of the Conflict ​and Evacuation

Approximately 360 Kurdish fighters and 60 wounded individuals were transported to the Kurdish ⁤autonomous zone in north-east Syria from the Sheikh maqsoud district, the last area of Aleppo to fall under government control, an interior ministry official told Agence France-Presse. An additional 300 Kurds, including members of the Kurdish internal security forces, were detained on Sunday.

The Kurdish-led syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed ⁣to withdraw from​ Aleppo under a ceasefire agreement after several days of fighting. Kurdish forces previously controlled multiple areas ⁣within Syria’s second-largest city and maintain a de facto autonomous administration across significant portions of ‌the north​ and north-east, areas largely captured during the 14-year Syrian civil war.

Recent Political Context

The clashes in Aleppo, some of the⁣ most intense since December 2024 when‍ the regime of Bashar al-Assad was ousted, ‌began on Tuesday after talks regarding the ‌integration ‍of Kurds into the new government failed. The violence ​highlights a major division within Syria, where‍ President Ahmed al-Sharaa had pledged to unify⁤ the country.