Residents start returning to areas previously controlled by SDF fighters after their withdrawal from the city.

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

Dozens of people have been killed in the clashes with more than 150,000 displaced.

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

Residents start returning to areas previously controlled by SDF fighters after their withdrawal from the city.

Civilians cautiously return to Aleppo neighborhoods after the Syrian army secures areas hit by the conflict with SDF.