"Widespread destruction was seen in Al Midan, in Aleppo, after clashes erupted on Tuesday evening between Syria’s transitional government soldiers and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Footage captured on Wednesday showed the aftermath of the fighting, including damage to roads, buildings and the interior of one residential structure in the neighbourhood. According to Syria’s state-run news agency SANA, three civilians were killed, and others were injured amid the escalation. Other parties have reported different casualty figures. “We were safely sitting in our house, when suddenly a shell fell. May God take revenge on them," said Local man, Farouk Hejazy. "Two innocent children were martyred today while sleeping in their home. Their father is a poor daily worker and breadwinner for his family, and they were martyred,” he added. Another resident, Mahmoud Hindawi, recounted efforts to help the wounded. “Upon arriving home, I was told by a shop owner to rush and help them. When I got there, the father put his wounded children in my car," he said. "We administered them to Al Razi hospital, but when we got there, they were already martyred.” As fighting continued, both sides accused each other of targeting civilians. The SDF-run media centre reported that “four people were killed and 17 others were injured” as a result of bombardment, which it attributed to transitional government forces. Earlier on Wednesday, the operations authority of the transitional government forces declared Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh closed military zones from 3:00 pm, urging civilians to evacuate areas where SDF fighters are embedded. The escalation comes two days after talks between the two sides failed to resolve disputes over the implementation of a political agreement, after a key deadline passed without progress. On March 10, Syria’s transitional president Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi signed an accord aimed at “integrating all civil and military institutions of the Kurdish self-administration into the Syrian state” by the end of 2025. The agreement has yet to be implemented, amid repeated clashes between the two parties. The current transitional authorities took power in December 2024, after which al-Sharaa was appointed interim president, pledging to form an 'inclusive technocratic' government."