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ALEPPO, SYRIA (JAN. 13, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF SYRIANS GETTING ONTO BUS/ BUS MOVING ON ROAD/ SYRIANS INSIDE BUS

2. VARIOUS OF SYRIANS GETTING OFF BUS AS THEY CARRY BELONGINGS

3. VEHICLE OVERLOADED WITH HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

4. VARIOUS OF SYRIANS CARRYING ITEMS/CHILDREN POSING FOR CAMERA/ PEOPLE LOADING ITEMS INTO VEHICLE

5. PEOPLE ASSISTING OLD WOMAN FOR WALKING

6. PEOPLE GETTING ONTO BUS ALEPPO, SYRIA - JAN. 13, 2025: Displaced Syrian families began returning to their homes in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud district on Tuesday, Jan. 13, after Syrian forces established security in the area, the last neighborhood previously cleared of the SDF.

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.

Reporting by Kasim Yusuf / Writing by Ayse Elif Erdis