Military forces withdraw from Ashrafieh, Sheikh Maqsoud

The military forces have now withdrawn from the Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods in Aleppo city, implementing the agreement between the General Council and the Damascus authorities.

Yesterday, Thursday, the first clause of the agreement was implemented, which included the clearing of prisons. As a result, 146 detainees and 97 personnel affiliated with the Damascus authorities were released.

In implementation of the sixth clause of the agreement, which states that "military forces will withdraw with their weapons from the neighborhoods to the east of the Euphrates," the military forces left the neighborhoods with their equipment and moved east of the Euphrates.

The People's Protection Units (YPG) and Women's Protection Units (YPJ) confirmed in a statement their withdrawal from Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods and announced that the task of securing the neighborhoods has been handed over to the Internal Security Forces (Asayish).

The agreement was signed on April 1 between the General Council of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh Neighborhoods and the Damascus authorities, and it includes 14 clauses.

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