SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes (2025–2026)

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Sporadic armed skirmishes took place between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the post-Assad Syrian Army, which was mainly composed of anti-Assadist opposition forces originating from the Syrian civil war, along the internal border between the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) and the Syrian transitional government from 2025 to 2026. Initial clashes in January 2026 were sporadic and limited to exchanges of artillery shelling and small- to medium-arms fire in Dayr Hafir, Manbij, al-Khafsah, Deir ez-Zor, and their surrounding areas; however, heavy fighting and bombardments took place in Sheikh Maqsood and Ashrafiyah during the Aleppo clashes. A comprehensive "ceasefire agreement" was signed on 7 October 2025 between the SDF and the Syrian Army, but clashes later resumed in December 2025 and January 2026 as the Syrian Army declared the neighborhoods "legitimate military targets". Following the January 2026 northeastern Syria offensive by...

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