Last Kurdish forces leave Aleppo after ceasefire deal reached
BBC••nation
Key Points:
- The final Kurdish fighters have withdrawn from Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood following a ceasefire deal mediated internationally, allowing safe evacuation of fighters, civilians, and the wounded.
- Recent clashes erupted after stalled negotiations to integrate Kurdish forces into Syria's government, resulting in at least 12 deaths and tens of thousands displaced due to shelling and military actions.
- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deny having a military presence in Aleppo and condemned the Syrian army’s designation of Kurdish neighborhoods as "closed military areas" and subsequent shelling.
- The ceasefire was mediated by the US and other powers amid concerns over potential Turkish intervention, as Turkey views the Kurdish SDF as a terrorist group and supports the Syrian government
