SDF reports 'intense clashes' as Syrian army advances in Aleppo and Raqqa

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are engaged in intense clashes with Syrian government forces advancing in the Aleppo and Raqqa provinces. The SDF accuses the Damascus government of treachery, claiming it breached a withdrawal agreement by attacking before their forces had fully pulled out from designated areas. Syrian government forces have seized several towns, declared Kurdish-held territory a "closed military zone," and urged the SDF to complete its withdrawal east of the Euphrates River. These clashes come as Syria's interim president issued a decree recognizing the legal and cultural rights of Syrian Kurdish citizens.