According to the provincial health director, Munir Al-Muhammad, attacks carried out by the self-proclaimed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against residential neighborhoods of the city resulted in five deaths and 44 injuries.

For its part, the Kurdish SDF militia reported that air and ground bombardments by Syrian government forces in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud caused a total of eight deaths and at least 55 injuries.

In response to attacks by the Kurdish group, the Syrian Arab Army’s Operations Command launched a series of concentrated attacks against SDF positions in the Ashrafieh, Sheikh Maqsoud, and Bani Zeid neighborhoods.

As a security measure, Syrian authorities imposed a curfew in the three areas until further notice and urged civilians to stay away from SDF positions to avoid further casualties.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirmed that nearly 30,000 people have been displaced due to the fighting in Aleppo. More than 2,000 families have sought refuge in Afrin, while approximately 1,100 people are being housed in nine collective shelters.

OCHA also noted that at least three key hospitals in the city have been rendered inoperable due to airstrikes and the escalating insecurity in the area.

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