This Week in Northern Syria [15.2025]

April 9 - 15: Tishrin dam deal reached, Sheikh Maqsoud integration continues, US military mulls partial withdrawal, and more...

Apr 17, 2025

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Cover photo: Asayish and General Security members greet one another at a newly established joint checkpoint in the al-Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood of Aleppo.

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DAANES/SDF

04/09/25: A second batch of SDF fighters left the al-Sheikh Masqoud and al-Ashrafiyah neighborhoods of Aleppo city as part of the deal struck with the Syrian Government on April 1st. According to Enab Baladi the convoy consisted of 480 fighters travelling via 60 military vehicles. The same day a local DAANES official told NPA that talks were continuing regarding a second prisoner exchange between the two sides. The National later reported that 2,000 fighters were to be withdrawn in total.

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