Internal Security Forces target mercenary gathering in Sheikh Maqsoud

The Internal Security Forces targeted a gathering of mercenaries affiliated with the Interim Government in the vicinity of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood while they were attempting to launch an attack on the area, resulting in confirmed injuries among their ranks.

Internal Security Forces target mercenary gathering in Sheikh Maqsoud
9 January, 2026   19:52
ALEPPO

The Internal Security Forces – Aleppo confirmed, within the framework of protecting the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, that their forces targeted a “large gathering of factions and militias of the attacking Damascus government in the vicinity of Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, leading to confirmed injuries among them.”

The Internal Security Forces further explained: “Violent clashes are still ongoing, amid intense and continuous shelling carried out by these militias on all residential gathering within the neighborhood, including hospitals and service institutions.”

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