🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — General Situation in Syria as of a little after midnight (18/1/26-19/1/26)

➡️ The collapse of the SDF continued, with the SDF outright abandoning most of Deir ez-Zor province except for the very northernmost part near the crossroads at the village of Muqman, near the Raqqa-Deir ez-Zor-Hasakah tri-point. SAA units crossed the Euphrates river near Gharanij and crossed a dirt bridge in Deir ez-Zor city before fanning out, traveling up the northern road to Abu Khashab and later Muqman - where they fought SDF units. Meanwhile the SAA fanned out across the Omar oil fields (marked in a red circle).

➡️ At the same time, massive tribal revolts occurred all up and down the Euphrates river, with several cities rebelling while tribal forces advanced along the river in both directions to link up with other tribal forces, and eventually converging on Raqqa city - which had its own tribal revolts - from west and east. After a short battle with sporadic clashes throughout the city, the SDF was thrown out and remains in the Division 17 HQ to the north of the city - surrounded on all sides. At the same time, there were tribal uprisings in the northern Raqqa countryside which eventually spread south to link with the Euphrates tribal forces. Finally, they advanced up the western road towards Mahmudli and Jurniyah, aiming to link up with the forces at Tishrin Dam - which hadn't made much progress due to SDF resistance. At the end of the day, the Syrian forces along the northern border attacked to the south, fighting SDF at Ayn Issa while linking up with tribal forces in Raqqa city - cutting the SDF protostate in half. Later in the evening, the SAA arrived to sweep and secure Raqqa amid reports of SDF snipers still present in Raqqa.

➡️ In the east, the Khabur river valley revolted from Markadah all the way to Shaddadi and the Khabur Dam. SDF attempted failed counterattacks at Suwar and Shaddadi. The forces in Shaddadi expanded northwards and eastwards to capture a gas plant, but largely remained in place until the SAA arrived in the night. There was another tribal revolt in Tal Mahrum, to the southwest of Hasakah city, and an attempted tribal revolt in the southern neighborhoods of Hasakah city. However, SDF was quick to react and start besieging the rebelling neighborhood, which lead to reports of massacres carried out by the SDF against the Arab population. This led to tribal forces mobilizing all over Syria and moving towards Hasakah, while the Syrian government has launched an investigation to verify the accuracy of the reports.