"The United States has urged Syrian troops to halt their advance through Kurdish-held territory in Syria's north, amid clashes with Kurdish-led forces over strategic posts and oilfields along the Euphrates River. The rapid advance of Syrian troops on Saturday came after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed to retreat east of the river, following recent fighting in Aleppo and areas east of the city over stalled plans to merge the SDF into the Syrian state."
"Later, Syrian troops advanced further, with state news agency SANA reporting they had expanded into the Raqqa countryside, entering Kurdish-controlled towns and villages, including Hneida, Rajm al-Ghazal, Mansoura and Zur Shamar, and imposing a curfew in the Maadan area, as they raced closer to Tabqa. The SDF accused Damascus of betrayal. Heavy clashes continue between our forces and Damascus factions,"
Syrian government forces advanced into Kurdish-held northern Syria, seizing towns and oilfields along the Euphrates and pressing toward Tabqa. The United States called on Syrian troops to halt offensive actions between Aleppo and Tabqa. The SDF had agreed to pull forces east of the Euphrates after fighting in Aleppo and disputes over plans to integrate the SDF into the state. Syrian state media said Tabqa was entered; the SDF denied and said its positions remained. The Syrian army accused the SDF of killing two soldiers near Maksana by targeting a patrol, while the SDF accused Damascus of entering towns before withdrawals finished and called the advance a betrayal. Heavy clashes continue and curfews were imposed in parts of the Raqqa countryside.
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