
Explainer: Syrian Transitional Government Assault on Aleppo’s Kurdish Neighborhoods
Explainers, Focus, News
Summary
- Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods offered sanctuary to up to 200,000 Kurds, minorities and Arabs, primarily Internally Displaced People (IDPs)
- Neighborhoods faced over a decade of deadly assaults and economic embargo…

Update December 4 – Northern Syria Offensive
NewsHighlights
- As displaced families continue to pour in to NES, the DAANES estimates that numbers of IDPs will soon reach 120,000.
- Critical shortages of essential supplies, food, water, medicines and accommodation for IDPs.
- SNA commits…

Sleeper Cell Report January 2025 – abrupt US funding cut to al-Hol camp sparks alarm
News, Report, Sleeper Cells
Key Points:
11 confirmed sleeper cell attacks, down from 18 in December
6 military personnel killed, 5 injured in ISIS attacks
17 suspected ISIS members arrested in SDF/Asayish raids; significantly down from last month’s 101
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FLASH UPDATE: US foreign aid freeze – impact on the North and East Syria region
News
Al-Hol camp, foreigners section, 24/01/2025 [RIC]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- US foreign aid freeze amounts to “murder” and will have “devastating” affect on millions living in the North and East Syria (NES) region, with “majority of…
