Syrian security forces deployed in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood on Saturday following days of intense clashes with Kurdish fighters. The fighting, which began Tuesday, resulted in at least 22 deaths and displaced over 140,000 people. Clashes erupted after a failure to merge forces into the national army, with government forces having secured Achrafieh and Bani Zaid neighborhoods. Two Kurdish fighters reportedly detonated explosives, and gunfire was still heard as security forces swept the area, urging residents to stay indoors.