Syria's military on Thursday opened a corridor for civilians to escape an area near the Euphrates it intends to capture from a mostly Kurdish militia.
Many residents have already fled the Dayr Hafir-Maskanah area, on the western bank of the Euphrates, which was overrun by the Syrian Democratic Forces militia after the fall of Syria's former leader Bashar Al Assad in 2024.
However, the new Syrian authorities have been slowly capturing SDF-held areas over the past year, with the militia's last strongholds in Aleppo city falling last week.
The government is headed by President Ahm
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