Clashes in Aleppo as deadline for SDF’s integration into army approaches

Tensions high as an end-of-year deadline to incorporate the Kurdish-led SDF into the Syrian armed forces approaches.

By Justin Salhani

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Clashes between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo, did not come in a vacuum.

Clashes in Aleppo as deadline for SDF’s integration into army approaches

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