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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-882978
Aleppo's Kurdish Neighborhoods Fall to Syrian Security Forces
(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - After a week of clashes in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Syrian security forces have taken control over most of two Kurdish neighborhoods that have been largely self-governing for a decade and controlled by Kurdish security forces linked to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a group that was backed by the U.S. to fight ISIS. The clashes caused many Kurds to flee and led to abuses of Kurdish detainees. There is widespread animosity and racist hatred against Kurds in Syria. In videos from the clashes, there have been scenes of a Kurdish body thrown off a building, a Kurdish woman fighter having her hair pulled and being insulted, and detained Kurds being called "pigs" and encouraged to bark like dogs. In March 2024, Syria's new government had agreed to a deal with SDF leader Mazloum Abdi about integrating forces. But now that Kurds have suffered displacement in Aleppo, the SDF will be even more suspicious of the government's integration efforts.