US Ambassador to Ankara Barrack and KDP Leader Barzani hold talks on Aleppo

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader in the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Masoud Barzani, held a phone conversation with the US Ambassador to Ankara and Special Envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, to discuss the current situation in Aleppo.

A statement from Barzani's officeThe statement noted that the discussion covered the latest developments in the region, as well as the security forces' operation in the Syrian city of Aleppo against the Syrian branch of the PKK/YPG terrorist organization, the Syrian Democratic Fthe elements of the forces (SDF) that refuse to lay down theirarms, it was stated that the operationagainst them was discussed.It was noted that the operation was discussed.

Barrack and Barzani discussedthe ongoing tension and unrest in theregion and the need to exert every effort to prevent it.the importance of exerting effort was emphasized.It was also reported that the partiesdiscussedthereturn of the region to normalcy, stability, security, and the establishment of peaceas major stepsforward.It was stated that they agreed on taking steps.

What happened?

The Syrian army, yesterday, in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsood, Ashrafieh, and Bani Zeid neighborhoods, launcheda targeted operation against the positions of theSyrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Syrian branch of the terrorist organization PKK/YPG.had launched. The operation, which began in the afternoon, saw clashes continue throughout the day. The Syrian army, Eat several points in theAshrafiye neighborhood, controlwas established.The terrorist organizationSDF elements withdrewfrom the pointssecurely.to establish order, the Syrian Internal Security Forces weredeployed.

In a written statement issued by the Syrian Ministry of Defense,it was announced thata ceasefire had been declared starting at 03:00 in the Sheikh Maqsood, Ashrafieh, and Bani Zeid neighborhoods of Aleppo, where the operation against the terrorist organization SDF had beenlaunched. Armed groups began [withdrawing] from 03:00 onwards.they were asked to leave the region, and 20 buses had arrived in the Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood to pick up the SDF terrorists who surrendered in the Al-Layramoun area and transport them to different regions. However, after the SDF elements refused to lay down their arms, the Syrian army today imposed a curfew in the Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood as of 18:30 local time. acurfew had been declared and that operations would be carried outagainst various SDF positions,it wasannounced.