Syrian Kurds demonstrating in Qamishli in solidarity with the residents of two Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo bombed by the army, Jan. 13, 2026. (Credit: Orhan Qereman/Reuters) Syrian Kurds attend a protest in solidarity with the people in the neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud and Ashrafiya, as The last Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters left the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, state-run Ekhbariya TV said, following a ceasefire deal that allowed evacuations after days of deadly clashes, in Qamishli, Syria January 13, 2026. REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
Kurdish forces will withdraw Saturday morning from an area in northern Syria that the army has ordered them to evacuate, their leader Mazloum Abdi announced Friday.
“At the request of friendly countries and mediators … we have decided to withdraw our forces tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. from the eastern Aleppo area and reposition ourselves east of the Euphrates,” he said on X.
Kurdish forces will withdraw Saturday morning from an area in northern Syria that the army has ordered them to evacuate, their leader Mazloum Abdi announced Friday.
“At the request of friendly countries and mediators … we have decided to withdraw our forces tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. from the eastern Aleppo area and reposition ourselves east of the Euphrates,” he said on X.
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