Displaced Aleppo residents return home after days of intense clashes

Statul Islamic

(14 Jan 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Aleppo, Syria - 13 January 2026 1. Bus convoy returning from Afrin to Sheikh Maqsoud, UPSOUND bus horn 2. People waving from inside the bus, while celebratory music plays 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Azzam Ghareib, Governor of Aleppo: ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 1 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOTS 2&4++ "We proudly announce, in this patriotic moment, in the name of the Syrian state, that it (referring to the state) has imposed its full sovereignty in Achrafieh