Broken truce: Why are Syria’s Islamist government forces clashing with Kurdish forces in Aleppo?

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Broken truce: Why are Syria's Islamist government forces clashing with Kurdish forces in Aleppo?

Fighting broke out once again in Syria’s second city of Aleppo, where Kurdish forces resist President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s Islamist-led government’s attempts to centralize control. The violence has exposed a key post-war faultline in Syria.

Chapter Breakdown
0:00 Syria’s Islamist government seeks to centralize control in Aleppo, clashing with Kurdish fighters
0:32 Wladimir van Wilgenburg, journalist in Erbil, on failure of Syrian gov’t to agree to safe transfer of Kurdish forces

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Date: January 10, 2026