People take part in a demonstration in Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on January 10, 2026, against the clashes between Kurdish forces and the Syrian government security forces in Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood of Aleppo. Kurdish forces on January 10 denied the government's claim that it was halting military operations in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood, where the two sides have clashed for days.