Life and residents return to Kurdish neighborhood in Aleppo but war remnants remain

Orientul Mijlociu

(15 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Aleppo, Syria - 14 February 2026 1. Street in Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood with a Kurdish majority 2. Wide of partially ruined mosque in the neighborhood 3. Mid of Aaliya Jaafar combing a wig in her hair salon 4. Wide of Aaliya Jaafar working in her hair salon 5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Aaliya Jaafar, Kurdish resident of Sheikh Maqsoud: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 1-4, 6++ “90% of the people returned to the neighborhood. They didn’t stay away long.