Violence in Kurdish Aleppo neighbourhoods displaces 155,000: governor

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Published On: 10 Jan 2026, 19:38
Photo: Collected

ALEPPO, Syria, Jan 10, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Aleppo governor Azzam al-Gharib said on Saturday that the ongoing clashes in the northern Syrian city's Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods had displaced around 155,000 people.

At a press conference, the governor said "approximately 155,000 people were displaced from the Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh neighbourhoods", heading for other parts of the city and the nearby countryside.

 

    

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