Damascus, Jan. 10 -- Syrian internal security forces on Saturday began entering Sheikh Maqsoud, the last Kurdish-held neighborhood in northern Aleppo, to secure the area after the army declared its military clearance operations complete.
Citing a government source, the state-run SANA news agency said the deployment, coordinated with the army, aims to complete search-and-sweep operations and stabilize the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood. Footage showed security forces fanning out, while Aleppo's internal security chief, Mohammad Abdul Ghani, toured the area and met with residents.
The army had earlier declared Sheikh Maqsoud a closed military zone after deadlines for Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters to withdraw expire...