Forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad have raised their flag on Thursday in a pocket of neighborhoods in Aleppo city which have been under the control of the Kurdish YPG.

In addition to Sheikh Maqsood, the pro-regime loyalists entered the quarters of Bustan al-Pasha, Hellok, al-Haidariya, Shaqif, Bani Zaid and al-Shabab, a local source told Rudaw.