The Syrian Army issued a new deadline to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to evacuate its elements from Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood over the past 59 minutes through 12:45 PM UTC on Jan. 9, following an SDF-affiliated attack on evacuation buses at the neighborhood entrance, according to huseyinbozan on X. Aerial footage from Syria Now showed buses transporting SDF members at the Sheikh Maqsoud entrance, while videos posted by hebunor and 8765435784A captured the moment buses were targeted and expelled, with SDF forces firing on checkpoints held by Al-Julani-linked groups amid clashes on multiple axes, as reported during the reporting window from 11:46 AM UTC. These incidents follow buses returning empty from Sheikh Maqsoud between 11:16 AM and 11:46 AM UTC after Asayish fighters opened fire on a checkpoint, per QalaatAlMudiq and omar_alharir on X, building on SDF refusals to evacuate earlier that morning. SDF fighters had rejected buses sent from 9:16 AM to 10:16 AM UTC to escort approximately 300 willing members out, as confirmed by a Levant24 correspondent, after a ceasefire enabled the planned handover without urban battle.
