On February 22, the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) handed over its checkpoints in the neighborhoods of Ein Tal, Hellok, Bustan Basha and nearby areas to the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). Reports also appeared that the SAA had entered into the YPG-held neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud as well as the YPG-held part of the Youth housing area – the situation there remains unclear.
A map of Aleppo according to the versino that the entire area had been handed over to the SAA: