Overview
- U.S. Central Command said American troops arrived in Deir-Hafer on a temporary mission to assess the situation, liaise with partners, and support stabilization.
- SDF commander Mazlum Abdi announced a withdrawal from contact lines east of Aleppo by 07:00 Saturday with redeployment to areas east of the Euphrates.
- Syria’s military earlier designated eastern Aleppo a closed military zone and signaled a limited operation citing alleged SDF force concentrations.
- Damascus claimed strikes on Kurdish positions used to launch drones toward Aleppo and a humanitarian corridor, while the SDF denied this and reported heavy shelling of Deir-Hafer.
- Syria’s operational command urged SDF members to leave the coalition and join the army, referencing a prior integration agreement reached in March last year.