The Syrian military announced it would suspend all military operations inside Aleppo’s Sheikh Maksoud district starting 3:00 pm local time (1200 GMT) on Saturday, and expel PKK/YPG terrorists to the city of Taqba, state news agency SANA reported.
In statements carried by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the Operations Command said: "We announce the halt of all military operations inside the Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood in Aleppo starting at 3:00 pm (1200GMT)."
It added that "YPG militants entrenched inside Yassin Hospital will be transferred toward the city of Tabqah, with their weapons withdrawn."
The command further said that "the army will begin handing over all health and government facilities to state institutions and will gradually withdraw from the streets of the Sheikh Maksoud neighborhood."
Syrian security forces began deploying in Sheikh Maksoud after days of intense clashes with the U.S.-backed PKK/YPG terrorists that killed and wounded dozens.
