Syrian interim govt accuses SDF of violating withdrawal deal

The Syrian interim government on Friday accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of violating withdrawal arrangements in Aleppo and announced a military operation in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.



Pro-Damascus forces said SDF-linked fighters targeted evacuation buses on three occasions, shelled army positions, and attacked soldiers, leaving three servicemen dead and more than a dozen wounded, despite an earlier agreement allowing SDF fighters to leave the neighborhood with their personal weapons to ease tensions.



"The policy of stalling adopted by the SDF, accompanied by systematic shelling and targeting of civilian sites before military ones in Aleppo, has reduced the chances of continuing any new agreement with this organization," the forces said.