Syrian army sends troops to rural Aleppo to stop any SDF attempt to regroup

"The SDF denies the Syrian Ministry of Defence's accusations that it had deployed military forces to the Deir Hafer front in the eastern Aleppo countryside. The Syrian army has sent reinforcements to rural eastern Aleppo, after observing the arrival of more Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces in the area, following days of deadly battles inside the city itself and the departure of the SDF. The official news agency SANA broadcast footage on Monday of Syrian army troops heading towards the deployment line east of Aleppo."

"SANA quoted the Syrian Army Operations Authority as saying: We have observed the arrival of more armed groups to the deployment points of the SDF organisation in the eastern Aleppo countryside near Maskana and Deir Hafer. The agency added: According to our intelligence sources, these new reinforcements included a number of fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which last year began withdrawing all its forces from Turkiye to northern Iraq as part of a peace process with Turkiye, bringing an end to a months-long"

Syrian army forces moved reinforcements into rural eastern Aleppo after reporting the arrival of additional SDF-linked forces near Maskana and Deir Hafer. SANA broadcast footage of army troops heading toward deployment lines east of Aleppo. The Syrian Army Operations Authority reported seeing armed groups and alleged reinforcements including fighters tied to the PKK. The SDF denied deploying military forces to the Deir Hafer front and described gatherings as civilians receiving the wounded from Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh. Syrian government forces conducted security sweeps to remove explosives and weapons as displaced residents began returning to inspect damage in Ashrafieh.

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