Overview
- Government troops consolidated control in Raqqa and Deir al-Zor and pushed into Hasakah, deploying at the al-Omar oilfield and Conoco gas site under a signed 14-point deal.
- The agreement requires transferring prisons, border crossings and energy assets to Damascus and absorbing SDF fighters into state security as individuals.
- Clashes erupted around the Shaddadi and al-Aqtan prisons, the SDF reported dead and wounded, and a U.S. convoy was seen entering a prison area to mediate.
- Reports on escapes from Shaddadi diverged, with an SDF spokesman telling Rudaw roughly 1,500 fled while Syria’s Interior Ministry cited about 120 with dozens recaptured and a curfew imposed.
- Talks between President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF leader Mazloum Abdi faltered as U.S. mediation continued, and Syrian and coalition sources discussed transferring control of the al-Hol camp after the SDF redeployed.