ALBAWABA- Heavy fighting between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered a third consecutive day, in what has become the most serious military escalation since the collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024. The clashes are concentrated in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in northern Aleppo, where artillery shelling, mortar fire, sniper exchanges, and drone strikes have been reported. Syrian army units have ...