It is reported that in an estimated two weeks the stocks of essential medicines in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh will run out. The Syrian Army have prevented medicine supplies from entering since the beginning of August.
Essential products such as diesel fuel, flour, and medicines have not been allowed in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh since the beginning of August. It is reported that reserve stocks of fuel were swiftly finished, thus for the past three days there has been a complete power outage, since the generators needed for electricity cannot run. Likewise, it is estimated that in two weeks the stocks of essential medicines will also end.
Many restaurants, shops, industrial facilities and workplaces have been unable to function, threatening people's livelihoods.
Both the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh, in northern Aleppo, are semi-autonomous and run by a civil administration as part of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria. They have been targeted by the Damascus government before, through similar embargoes.
In March, the Damascus forces denied the entry of basic provisions to the neighbourhoods for 46 days, after an altercation when a truck driver, transporting basic goods into the area, refused to let the Syrian soldiers confiscate them at the checkpoint.
In May, the Rojava Information Centre (RIC) was able to visit the neighbourhoods and report on the history of the Autonomous Administration there, as well as the present situation.
