SHOTLIST:

ALEPPO, SYRIA (JAN. 11, 2026) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SWEEPING BROKEN GLASS

2. CARS MOVING ON ROAD (TWO SHOTS)

3. DESTROYED CAR ON ROADSIDE

4. VARIOUS OF CARS MOVING ON ROAD / DAMAGED STREETS

5. VARIOUS OF DEVASTATED MOSQUE

6. WOMAN PASSING BY STORE / ANOTHER ONE TALKING TO SELLER ALEPPO, SYRIA - JAN. 11, 2026: Life has begun to gradually return to normal in Sheikh Maksoud, the last neighborhood in Syria’s Aleppo city, cleared of the YPG/SDG terrorist group.

Following the restoration of security in some areas, several families have been observed returning to their homes. However, daily life in the neighborhood has yet to fully revive, with most shops remaining closed and clear signs of past clashes still visible.

Commercial activity, which came to a near standstill due to previous security issues, has not yet resumed, as many businesses in Sheikh Maksoud have kept their shutters down.

Since Tuesday, the SDF has shelled residential neighborhoods, civilian facilities, and Syrian Army positions in Aleppo, killing 24 people, wounding nearly 130, and displacing about 165,000 residents from the Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud districts, according to official figures.

In March 2025, the Syrian presidency announced the signing of an agreement for the SDF’s integration into state institutions, reaffirming the country's territorial unity and rejecting any attempts at division.

In April 2025, Syrian authorities signed an agreement with the SDF concerning the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods, stipulating that both districts would be considered administrative parts of the city of Aleppo while respecting their local particularities.

The agreement also included provisions to ban armed manifestations, restrict weapons to internal security forces, and require the withdrawal of SDF military forces to areas east of the Euphrates River in northeastern Syria.

But authorities said that in the months since, the SDF has not shown any efforts to meet the terms of the agreements.

The Syrian government has intensified efforts to maintain security across the country since the ouster of the Assad regime in December 2024, after 24 years in power.