The Syrian Transitional Government has blocked all roads connecting the neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyah to other neighborhoods in Aleppo with earthen barriers.
With these actions, the Transitional Government is violating the 14-point agreement signed on April 1 between the Council of the Sheikh Maqsood-Ashrafiyah neighborhoods of Aleppo and the transitional government in Damascus regarding the status of the neighborhoods.
On Sunday morning, troops of the Syrian transitional government blocked a central road connecting the city of Salamiyya in the interior of the country with the canton of Tabqa in northeastern Syria. The blockade affects the road via Athriya and Khanasser, which is considered a strategically important link between the areas of North and East Syria and the rest of the country.
The road has been used more frequently in recent days after government troops closed the route from Deir Hafir to Aleppo on September 27. Many travelers therefore took the longer route via Salamiyya to reach Aleppo.