Overview
- Government troops entered Tabqa in Raqqa province, a strategic city with a major Euphrates dam and an air base, as residents were seen welcoming soldiers.
- Interim president Ahmed Al Sharaa said Raqqa and Deir Ezzor were captured and unveiled an agreement to dissolve the Kurdish-led SDF into state institutions and the Syrian army.
- The signed deal, mediated by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, calls for Damascus to take over security at the Al Hol and Al Roj camps and to continue counter-ISIS coordination with the United States.
- SDF withdrawals were reported in parts of the east; the SOHR said government forces took more than a dozen localities in Deir el-Zour, and reports indicated gains at key oil and gas fields including al-Omar.
- Damascus accused the SDF of executing prisoners during its pullback from Tabqa, an allegation the SDF denied while releasing a video claiming detainees had been moved, as U.S. officials urged restraint to protect anti-ISIS efforts.