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Aleppo: Thousands flee clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish fighters (www.bbc.com)

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At least 12 people have reportedly been killed during two days of intense clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo.

Tens of thousands of civilians have also fled the Kurdish majority neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh, which the Syrian army shelled on Wednesday afternoon after designating them as "closed military areas".

The government said the operation was a response to attacks by armed groups in the areas and was "solely aimed at preserving security".

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia alliance - which insists it has no military presence in Aleppo - called it a "criminal attempt" to forcibly displace residents.

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[–] Silliari@quokk.au 2 points 3 days ago

one pattern with the bbc is that they are centrist asf, like they do the same with gaza, if someone says “the weather is rainy” and someone else says “the weather is sunny” you don’t quote both, you look out the window, but they don’t wanna offend anyone too much so instead of straight up saying the truth of “there is a genocide in gaza” or “the syrian government is trying to displace kurds” they play both sides but lean enough towards who the west likes the most… very british of them