SHOTLIST

ALEPPO, SYRIA (JAN. 13, 2026) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED STREETS IN SHEIKH MAQSOUD

2. VARIOUS OF SYRIAN FAMILIES RETURNING TO NEIGHBORHOOD

3. VARIOUS OF MUNICIPAL TEAMS REMOVING DEBRIS AND RUBBLE

4. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED MILITARY VEHICLES AND AMMUNITION REMNANTS FROM PAST CLASHES

5. VARIOUS OF SHOP OWNERS REPAIRING DAMAGED STOREFRONTS ALEPPO, SYRIA - JAN. 13: Residents began returning to Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood on Tuesday, Jan. 13, after the area was cleared of YPG/SDF elements, according to local authorities.

Families move back into their homes and shops as security conditions stabilize across the district.

Locals begin repairing properties damaged during earlier clashes, and municipal teams clear debris and rubble from several streets.

Ammunition fragments remain in parts of the neighborhood as cleanup efforts continue.

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

In March 2025, the Syrian presidency announced 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 a separate agreement concerning the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods, stipulating that both districts remain administrative parts of Aleppo city while respecting their local particularities.

The agreement included provisions banning armed manifestations, restricting weapons to internal security forces, and requiring the withdrawal of SDF military forces to areas east of the Euphrates in northeastern Syria.

However, authorities said the SDF has failed to comply with the terms of those agreements.

The Syrian government has intensified efforts to restore security nationwide since the ouster of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024, after 24 years in power.