Gunfire and shelling once again rattled Aleppo on Tuesday.
By the end of the day, at least seven people were dead — most of them civilians.
Government-linked forces and Kurdish-led fighters blamed each other for sparking the violence. This time, what went wrong.
The clashes erupted in Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh, two Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods that have long been flashpoints.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said government-affiliated groups launched a drone attack and followed it up with artillery and sniper fire.
“The shelling is still ongoing,” the SDF said, reporting the deaths of two women among the victims.
Damascus tells a different story. The defence ministry accused the SDF of hitting nearby civilian areas and an army position.
It said three civilians were killed and more than a dozen wounded.
“The SDF is again proving it does not recognise the March agreement,” the ministry said, referring to a stalled deal.
Deal Collapse Deepens Tensions
The deal is meant to integrate Kurdish forces into the state.
That deal, signed in March, was supposed to calm tensions after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Instead, mistrust lingers.
Talks resumed this week — and went nowhere.
Adding fuel to the fire, Turkey weighed in. Defence Minister Yasar Guler demanded Kurdish groups “lay down their weapons without condition.”
He warned Ankara would not tolerate an armed Kurdish presence near its borders.
For Aleppo’s civilians, the question is painfully simple: how many more “agreements” will collapse before the guns finally fall silent?
