The Media Centre of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reported that the areas of Deir Hafer, Maskanah, and Tishreen Dam have been witnessing continuous military escalation since dawn today. The development comes amid an intense aggression carried out by Damascus factions, in parallel with escalating attacks by Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (Bayraktar), which warns of increasing risks to the security of civilians and vital facilities in the region.
During the early morning hours, Damascus government factions launched repeated attacks on the surroundings of Tishreen Dam, using suicide drones, artillery shells, and mortars. The number of attacks exceeded 12 strikes, which also targeted the villages of Al-Mahshiyah, Sheikh Hassan, and the villages of Qishlah. The shelling is still ongoing around the dam at the time of preparing this report, the SDF stated.
The Damascus factions also escalated their targeting of infrastructure and service facilities in the town of Deir Hafer. The Post Office building in the city was shelled using artillery and suicide drones without casualties, while the civilian Deir Hafer bakery was targeted by a suicide drone, leading to the disruption of service and a direct threat to the population’s food security.
The SDF said that these attacks were accompanied by clear attempts to paralyze daily life by targeting any movement in the area, including preventing farmers from accessing their lands and work, which negatively affected the civilians’ living conditions.
On the ground, SDF forces repelled an infiltration attempt carried out by Damascus government factions on the axis of the village of Zubaidah in the southern countryside of Deir Hafer city. The attempt failed, and the attackers were forced to flee, despite it being carried out under the cover of drones and the use of machine guns.
In parallel, the area witnessed intensive flights of Turkish (Bayraktar) drones. A Turkish drone targeted a military point belonging to SDF forces in the city of Maskanah without casualties, this being the second strike on the same day. Another point was also targeted in the village of Al Bu‘asi in the countryside of Tabqa.
SDF noted that Turkish drones continued to target the city of Maskanah for the fourth time since the start of the escalation, a clear indication of the rising pace of aerial attacks in the region.
“This simultaneous escalation since dawn today comes amid the continuation of military operations up to the present moment, which heightens expectations of an expansion of the scope of confrontations and their serious repercussions on civilians, infrastructure, and vital facilities. The Damascus factions bear full responsibility for this escalation and the resulting humanitarian and security consequences in the region,” the SDF underlined.