📰 Clashes Between the Army and the SDF Near the Tishreen Dam

Local aleppo/" class="smart-internal-link" title="📰 Defense Ministry: General Staff halts targeting of SDF fire sources in Aleppo">sources verified to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that clashes broke out between the syrian Army and fighters from the Syrian Democratic troops (sdf) on Monday night into Tuesday, in the vicinity of the Siryatel hill near the Tishreen Dam, located in the eastern countryside of Aleppo Governorate, northern syria. The hostilities reportedly lasted until the early hours of Tuesday before subsiding. The SDF media office, in a statement issued overnight, declared that the Syrian Army had targeted areas around the Tishreen Dam using heavy weaponry and artillery. It specified that the villages of Haj Hussein and Sheikh Mahshi, as well as the Siryatel hill, came under attack.

The office described the incident as a “dangerous escalation for which the damascus administration bears full responsibility,” adding that it “poses a threat to regional security, civilian lives, and infrastructure. ” In October last year, the Syrian Ministry of Defence accused the SDF of killing two administration soldiers and injuring others in an attack on Syrian Army positions near the Tishreen Dam—an accusation the SDF has rejected. A Protracted Struggle Over the Strategic Tishreen Dam The Tishreen Dam, located on the Euphrates River, has long been a flashpoint between the two sides. It lies along a tense frontline that periodically witnesses skirmishes, often resulting in casualties among Syrian Army personnel. The area has remained volatile since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime on 8 December 2024, despite repeated efforts to reach a settlement over control of the dam, which remains in the hands of the SDF.

The SDF views the dam as both a vital economic asset and a strategic link between the eastern and western banks of the Euphrates River. In a separate development, the SDF conducted a raid in the village of Mozan, in the Al-Bukamal countryside of eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate, within territory it controls. as per a source who spoke to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, the operation led to the arrest of 10 villagers. The source noted that the arrests followed the closure of the village school after a dispute between residents, which escalated when the guardian of a student assaulted a teacher. Security Meeting Follows Palmyra Attack Meanwhile, Syrian Interior Minister Anas Khattab chaired an expanded security meeting on Tuesday, attended by Brigadier Sufian Mohammed Al-Sheikh Saleh, Commander of Desert Security, along with other senior authorities.

Indeed, the session was convened to assess the security circumstances in the region following the Palmyra…