Overview

• At least one member of the security forces and one Druze fighter were killed, with nine others wounded when fighting resumed around the Tal Hadid heights in Sweida Province.
• Government-affiliated troops and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces militiamen exchanged rocket and mortar fire in Aleppo Province, marking the first clashes since integration talks stalled in March.
• Negotiations to dissolve and assimilate the Syrian Democratic Forces into Damascus’s interim administration have stalled after mutual accusations of ceasefire violations.
• Humanitarian conditions in Sweida have deteriorated as a blockade of main supply routes cuts off water, power and food for tens of thousands of residents.
• Israel conducted a ground raid near the Golan Heights, detaining and questioning suspects accused of arms trafficking and underscoring persistent cross-border security tensions.