Syrians in Kurdish area of Aleppo pick up pieces after clashes |
Residents of a Kurdish neighbourhood in Syria's second city of Aleppo passed through government checkpoints Sunday to find blackened walls, destroyed vehicles and debris-littered streets as they returned home after days of deadly clashes.
While they picked up the pieces in the city's Ashrafiyeh neighbourhood, the city's only other Kurdish-majority district Sheikh Maqsud still remained off limits after suffering the worst of the fighting.
Many locals like wheelchair-bound Abdul Qader Satar returned to Ashrafiyeh on Sunday to inspect their homes after days of violence.
"I left on the first day and took refuge in one of the mosques," the 34-year-old told AFP while loading belongings onto his wheelchair.
"We left quickly with only the clothes on our backs... and now we are back to check on the house."
Others said they remained in their homes despite the violence, hoping calm would prevail between the government in Damascus and the Kurdish fighters.
"We didn't want things to get this........