First Convoy of Displaced Residents Returns from Afrin to Ashrafiya Neighborhood in Aleppo
ARK News.. After the Afrin Region Administration announced the launch of the first return convoy to the Ashrafiya neighborhood in the city of Aleppo, following the end of security operations in the area, the head of the Afrin Local Council confirmed that the convoy will depart today from Afrin to Aleppo.
In a special statement to Ark News, Ahmed Hassan, Head of the Afrin Local Council of the Kurdish National Council in Syria (ENKS), said that the convoy is scheduled to depart from “Afrin Garage” at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 12, 2026.
Hassan added that the Kurdish National Council in Syria will work to organize additional return convoys for displaced residents from Afrin to the Ashrafiya neighborhood in Aleppo, following coordination with the relevant authorities in the city.
He also noted that around 150,000 people were displaced from the Ashrafiya and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods in Aleppo to Afrin as a result of the armed clashes that took place in the previous period.
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