Ceasefire ends in Aleppo after at least 22 killed since Tuesday

Al Jazeera update

A CEASEFIRE announced by Syria’s Defence Ministry in the vicinity of the Ashrafieh, Sheikh Maqsoud and Bani Zeid neighbourhoods in Aleppo has now ended.

The Syrian government said on Thursday evening that “security forces entered the Ashrafieh neighbourhood in the city of Aleppo after violent clashes with the SDF forces”.

At least 22 people, including civilians, have been killed since violence flared up on Tuesday.

More than 100,000 civilians have fled their homes in Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud since fighting broke out between the Syrian military and the SDF earlier this week.