Overview
- Syrian troops expanded beyond eastern Aleppo into Raqqa-area towns including Hneida, Mansoura, Rajm al-Ghazal and Zur Shamar, with a curfew reported in Maadan, according to state media.
- The Syrian Petroleum Company said it assumed control of the al-Rasafa and Safyan oilfields after army gains in the countryside.
- The SDF accused Damascus of breaching withdrawal terms, said Tabqa was outside the deal, and pledged to defend the town and a nearby oilfield.
- Syrian Army officials claimed entry into Tabqa, a statement the SDF denied, as clashes continued along the Aleppo–Tabqa corridor.
- CENTCOM’s Brad Cooper called for an immediate halt to offensive actions between Aleppo and Tabqa, and U.S. envoy Tom Barrack met Mazloum Abdi and Masoud Barzani in Erbil.