Aleppo district shows Assad's delicate dance with Kurds

Record ID: 904401

  • Title: Aleppo district shows Assad's delicate dance with Kurds
  • Date: 27th July 2017
  • Summary: ALEPPO, SYRIA (RECENT - JULY 15, 2017) (REUTERS) THE FLAG OF THE KURDISH SECURITY FORCE 'ASAYISH' FLYING IN A STREET OF SHEIKH MAQSOUD DISTRICT, DAMAGED BUILDINGS IN BACKGROUND CLOSE OF THE ASAYISH FLAG FLYING VARIOUS OF STREETS WHERE BATTLES TOOK PLACE BETWEEN KURDISH FORCES AND SYRIAN REBELS "YPG" GRAFFITI ON WALL SHELL LYING ON THE GROUND SANDBAGS MOUNTED IN STREET VARIOUS OF MAN FIXING A WATER PIPE DAMAGED BUILDINGS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) 'ASAYISH' COMMANDER, SOUAD HASSAN, SAYING: "The security coordination. There are relations' committees that deal with coordination between both sides." SQUARE WITH A PORTRAIT OF JAILED KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY (PKK) LEADER, ABDULLAH OCALAN CLOSE OF OCALAN PORTRAIT VARIOUS OF GROCER, ABU MOHAMAD VARIOUS OF MARKET STALLS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GROCER, ABU MOHAMAD, SAYING: "We get all our vegetables from Hamadaniyah (a district of Aleppo) market. There are no problems with the regime. There are only checkpoints that check our products and let us pass." EXTERIOR OF RED CRESCENT CENTRE CLOSE OF SIGN READING (Kurdish/Arabic): "KURDISH RED CRESCENT CENTRE" VARIOUS OF MAN LYING ON BED IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM CLOSE OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DIRECTOR OF RED CRESCENT CENTRE, RASHID RASHO, SAYING: "We call it a field clinic. We cannot treat chronic diseases so we send them to the private hospitals in Aleppo." EXTERIOR OF KURDISH ACADEMY BUILDING SIGN READING (Kurdish/Arabic): "DEMOCRATIC GATHERING AND CENTRAL ACADEMY IN ALEPPO" VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE ACADEMY
  • Embargoed: 10th August 2017 13:03
  • Keywords: Kurdish fighters Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud district Souad Hassan senior Kurdish politician
  • Location: ALEPPO, SYRIA
  • City: ALEPPO, SYRIA
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016RHT553
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