Civilian properties and homes in the Sheikh Maqsoud, Al-Ashrafieh, and Bani Zeid neighborhoods of Aleppo have sustained severe material damage as a result of attacks by terrorist factions affiliated with the Damascus government’s Ministry of Defense of the de facto authority, using all types of heavy weaponry (tanks, heavy artillery, Grad and Katyusha rocket launchers, mortar shells, and various types of Dushka guns) on neighborhoods housing over 600,000 civilians.

The intense shelling affected most areas across the three neighborhoods, particularly: Maghsalat Al-Jazeera, Frouj Ammar, Al-Hassan Mosque, Grand Sheikh Maqsoud Mosque, Al-Mafroushat Street in Al-Ashrafieh, Street 15, Street 20, Martyrs’ Square, Al-Shaqif, Youth Housing, and Hayy Ma’rouf. Hundreds of homes and civilian-owned buildings were extensively damaged by falling shells and rockets, in addition to significant damage to vital and service facilities, worsening the residents’ suffering and directly impacting their daily lives.

Footage from the targeted neighborhoods clearly shows the extent of destruction to private property and infrastructure.

Documentation of a University Dormitory Targeted by Terrorist Factions within the Ministry of Defense of the De Facto Authority, Led by Al-Joulani (Ahmed Al-Sharaa)

The University Dormitory – Unit 19 in Aleppo was targeted by a mortar shell fired by terrorist factions within the Syrian Ministry of Defense.

According to incoming footage, photography of the shell impact site was prohibited due to the presence of Ministry of Defense personnel affiliated with the de facto authority, who enforced strict instructions of “no filming allowed.”

This incident highlights the continued systematic targeting of residential and university areas by terrorist factions under the ruling authority, endangering civilian lives and constituting a gross violation of international humanitarian law.

Photo Documentation / Comparison – Crimes of Terrorist Factions within the Ministry of Defense of the De Facto Authority
• First image: Shows the Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo during the barbaric terrorist assault carried out by factions within the Ministry of Defense of the de facto authority.
• Second image: Shows the neighborhoods of Suwayda during attacks by the same factions, who previously participated in the coastal massacres, now repeated in Aleppo.

This illustrates the continued indiscriminate targeting by these factions of everything human and natural, including civilians, properties, trees, and even stones, demonstrating a systematic crime against humanity.

🔴 #Important || From the page of Archimandrite Tony Makhallili, Episcopal Vicar General of the Greek Catholic Patriarchate in #Aleppo

He confirms that the sites being labeled by the so-called “Ministry of Defense of the terrorist de facto authority” as “military targets to be struck” are in fact church endowments, housing more than 40 civilian families.

These places are being targeted under the false pretext that they are “military targets affiliated with the SDF”, a blatant and false claim, constituting a documented crime against civilians.

The neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh, and Bani Zaid in the city of Aleppo are witnessing a severe and critical shortage of essential medical supplies, in addition to a lack of certain medical specialties.

This situation coincides with the continued intense shelling by the Ministry of Defense affiliated with the de facto terrorist authority targeting residential neighborhoods, which has exacerbated the humanitarian catastrophe and exposed the lives of thousands of civilians—including children, patients, and the elderly—to a real and escalating danger.

The ongoing absence of essential medicines, along with the lack of any safe humanitarian corridor provided by an international humanitarian body to deliver basic necessities or evacuate critical medical cases, warns of an imminent humanitarian disaster whose consequences cannot be averted.

📝 Residential neighborhoods are witnessing mass displacement of civilians as a result of ongoing indiscriminate shelling by the terrorist de facto authority, forcing thousands of families to flee their homes in search of safety.

Thousands are being compelled to leave their homes in the Kurdish neighborhoods, which are subjected to intense bombardment by elements of the terrorist de facto authority, amid escalating violations and the absence of any guarantees for civilian protection.

🕊️ We pray for the safety and security of all civilians, and hope they are granted protection and survival in the face of these attacks.