East Aleppo offensive (2024–2025)

East Aleppo offensive
	Part of Syrian civil war, the Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria (2024–2025) and Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
	; Territorial control in Manbij
Date	23 December 2024 – 12 April 2025 (3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	East Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Result	SDF secures the Qara Qozak bridge and the Tishrin Dam and its surrounding areas.; Several failed attempts by SNA to capture the Tishrin Dam.; SDF and the Syrian transitional government agree to joint control over the Tishrin Dam following the 10 March agreement (Implementation delayed, still under sole SDF control).;
Belligerents
Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria	Syrian Interim Government (until 30 January) ; Turkey
Commanders and leaders
Salih Muslim Muhammad; Mazlum Abdi; Ferhad Şamî; Shervan Derwish; Dilsuz Hashme; Mohammed Raouf; Nuri Mahmoud; Polat Can; Nesrin Abdullah	Abdurrahman Mustafa; Fadlallah al-Haji; Adnan al-Ahmad; Abu Amsha; Munir Hajak †; Ahmed Othman; Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu; Metin Gürak; Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu
Units involved
Syrian Democratic Forces Manbij Military Council; Tabqa Military Council; People's Protection Units; Women's Protection Units; Martyr Haroun Units; ;	Syrian National Army Sultan Murad Division; Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade; Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade; ; Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Land Forces; Turkish Air Force; ;
Casualties and losses
Per SOHR:; 115 killed (since 12 December 2024); Dozens wounded; SDF claim:; 88 killed (as of 13 January 2025)	Per SOHR:; 488 killed (since 12 December 2024); Dozens wounded; 6 killed, 11 injured; 19 Turkish drones; (2 Bayraktar TB2 drones destroyed; 17 small drones destroyed); 3 radar system destroyed; SDF claim: ; 324 killed ; Dozens wounded; 25+ vehicles destroyed; 40+ armored vehicles and 8 tanks destroyed, 2 tanks seized ; 2 radar jamming systems destroyed ; 3 Bayraktar TB2 destroyed; 1 TAI Anka and 1 TAI Aksungur destroyed Per Turkey:; 1 killed
	73 civilians killed (since 12 December 2024)

The East Aleppo offensive was an operation launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in December 2024 against the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) to secure territory that was lost during the Manbij offensive and to advance from Dayr Hafir into the Tishrin Dam area. The fighting took place in the context of the Turkish offensive in northern Syria and was part of the longer term conflict between Turkey (and its local allies) and the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), occurring in the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime. The fighting resulted in the SDF securing the Qara Qozak bridge spanning across the Euphrates, and the Tishrin Dam and its surrounding areas. The dam and other areas were supposed to be jointly controlled by the Syrian transitional government (STG) and the SDF, following the 10 March agreement. However, as of May 2025, there have been delays in implementing the agreement and the dam is still under sole SDF control.