Overview
- Fighting broke out in the majority-Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh with mortars and heavy weapons reported.
- State media said two civilians were killed and at least 15 wounded, while other reports cited three deaths, highlighting disputed tolls.
- Damascus accused SDF fighters of attacking army positions, and the SDF said pro-government forces struck a checkpoint.
- By evening, the Syrian military and the SDF each instructed their units to halt fire and not retaliate.
- Turkey’s foreign, defense and intelligence chiefs pressed Damascus to dissolve or fully integrate Kurdish units by year’s end, as the March integration deal and an October ceasefire remain unfulfilled and fragile.