Overview
- Both sides reported overnight clashes near Humeima and Zubayda east of the city, with the FDS citing drone strikes and injuries and Damascus alleging heavy-machine-gun fire and drones.
- The military ordered Kurdish units to move east of the Euphrates and said the designated corridor will be treated as a closed military zone, publishing a map of the area.
- Anti-aircraft batteries and artillery were moved toward the Deir Hafer front opposite Kurdish positions, according to on-the-ground reporters.
- Government forces now hold all of Aleppo after expelling Kurdish fighters from Cheikh Maqsoud and Achrafieh earlier this week.
- Thousands rallied in Qamishli as a general strike was observed, and the OSDH reported about 105 deaths in the Aleppo fighting, including civilians and combatants.