For those trying to get to grips with the dynamics inside Syria more than a year since Bashar Assad fled the country, recent events in Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city, are arguably more instructive than what is happening inside Damascus. This has featured a conflict between government-linked forces and fighters from the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces. This was not a full-on war between the Syrian government and the SDF. All sides seem to want to avoid this, for now at least. Hitherto, when government-SDF negotiations are fraught, tensions in Aleppo ratchet up.

BEIRUT: Syria’s Kurds are committed to agreements reached with the government, a senior official from their administration told AFP on Friday, despite days of violence in the…

Analysts say a temporary ceasefire may bring relief, but the complex issues behind the violence must be addressed.

The government says its forces are at the centre of Sheikh Maqsoud and the majority of SDF fighters have laid down arms.

The battles in Aleppo between Syrian forces, who have reasserted control, and the SDF killed many, displaced thousands.

For those trying to get to grips with the dynamics inside Syria more than a year since Bashar Assad fled the country, recent events in Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city,…

ALEPPO: Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces exchanged fire Tuesday in a tense area of eastern Aleppo province, marking a possible escalation…