Projectile event in Aleppo, Aleppo - Sheikh Maqsoud area, Syrian Arab Republic on Sat 10th January 2026

On 10 January 2026, QSD members expelled doctors and staff from a hospital in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo city and converted it into a military position, where they held civilians as human shields inside. Following this, Syrian army forces supported by Turkish drones targeted the hospital in the city of Aleppo - Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood with drone strikes, machine gunfire, heavy weapons and tear gas and attempted to raid the hospital, killing and injuring civilians. Syrian armed forces also prevented Red Crescent ambulatory services from entering the neighborhood to assist injured individuals. Syrian authorities denied the site targeted was a hospital. On the same day, Syrian armed forces attacked a QSD-affiliated position in Aleppo city, destroying several QSD-affiliated military vehicles. Syrian armed forces also shelled residential neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo - Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood with projectiles, causing material damage without causing any casualties. QSD forces accused Syrian armed forces of targeting hospitals, homes and shops in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyya neighborhoods with heavy weapons. QSD forces also accused Syrian armed members of using Turkish drones to conduct attacks in the neighborhood. Unspecified fatalities coded as 10.