"The Syrian army launched fresh strikes on parts of Aleppo on Thursday, after ordering locals to leave areas from which it said the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces had launched attacks. The army released several maps identifying areas it said would be targeted in the strikes and urged residents to leave for their own safety. It announced a curfew starting at 3 p.m. local time (1200 UTC/GMT) in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods of Syria's second city."
"State television, citing a civil defense official, said some 16,000 people had fled the two areas under curfew on Thursday, and that at least 17 people had been killed in clashes over the past three days. According to Aleppo's Directorate of Social Affairs and Labor, almost 140,000 people have been displaced across the wider region amid the unrest."
Syrian army launched fresh strikes on parts of Aleppo after ordering residents to leave areas it said were used by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. The army released maps identifying targeted zones and imposed a curfew from 3 p.m. (1200 UTC) in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods, with parts of the city cordoned off. State media described the strikes as targeted operations against the YPG. Aleppo airport flights were suspended and shops, schools and universities remained closed. Civil defense reported about 16,000 people fled curfew areas, at least 17 killed, and nearly 140,000 displaced across the wider region, including many vulnerable people.
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