In the narrow streets of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyya, two long-troubled neighborhoods near the heart of Aleppo, the sounds of daily life are beginning to return. Vendors call out to passersby, car horns echo through the streets, and residents linger outside shops, small but meaningful signs of normalcy after years of conflict and fear.
The neighborhoods were brought back under Syrian government control on Jan. 10, ending years of occupation by the YPG. For residents who endured isolation, shortages and insecurity, the change has been palpable.
βThese streets were once silent,β said Duha Salahaddin Ammuri, a dental assistant who l
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