Once again, the relentless sound of gunfire echoed across Syria's Aleppo. But unlike the past few days, when parts of the city had turned into urban warfare between the Syrian army and Kurdish fighters, the shots did not come from ground clashes.
The sound came from Syrian soldiers repeatedly firing at drones overhead, attempting to bring the devices down.
As the Syrian army announced it had taken control of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh, two Kurdish-majority districts of Aleppo previously held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the city was hit by a series of drone attacks, which Damascus blamed on the SDF.
On Sunday morning, SDF ch
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