Overview
- Authorities set evacuation deadlines for Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh and Bani Zaid, issued curfews, and released maps of areas to be targeted, with “targeted operations” to begin after the cutoff.
- More than 46,000 people have been displaced across Aleppo province, officials said, as thousands used government-run corridors to leave the contested neighborhoods.
- Government outlets reported at least five civilians and one soldier killed in state-held areas, while the SDF said at least eight civilians were killed in Kurdish-majority districts.
- Damascus demanded Kurdish fighters withdraw from the two Aleppo enclaves and described the operation as limited, as the SDF denied responsibility for attacks and warned public strike notices risk forced displacement.
- The U.N. urged immediate de-escalation and talks, and Turkey said it is monitoring the situation and would support Syria if asked, after weekend negotiations on the stalled March 2025 integration deal produced no progress.