🚨Urgent

The situation in Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh has reached an extreme level of atrocity. Internet access has been completely cut off, and the Kurdish neighborhoods have been placed under siege by Syrian regime.

Reports indicate that the Syrian authorities are carrying out massacres against civilians.

According to multiple sources, civilian homes are being set on fire while residents remain inside.

An estimated 150,000 people have been displaced, hundreds of civilians have been killed, and the neighborhoods have once again been subjected to siege conditions, during which systematic massacres have been committed against the civilian population.

It is further reported that HTS members have raided the homes of remaining residents, detaining young people whose whereabouts are currently unknown.

US Central Command to Al Arabiya English:

Our forces have arrived in Deir Hafer, east of Aleppo, to assess the situation.

We are working with our partners in Syria to de-escalate the situation in Deir Hafer.

Achieving peace in Syria is crucial for the stability of the region.

Ferhad Shami told AFP that the meeting between the SDF Command and the Coalition Command in Deir Hafir was held to reduce tensions between the SDF and Damascus.

According to local sources, Abu Hasan al-Nuaimi, a former leader of the Hurras al-Din militant group, was killed in the town of Sheikh Zayat in the southern rural area of ​​Aleppo, after being targeted by a drone believed to belong to the International Coalition.

It has also been reported that forces loyal to the Damascus government have begun fleeing the Deir Hafer front lines due to intense coalition airstrikes.

STG media has gone full Turkish.

This is beyond absurd even when keeping partisanship of certain experts in mind.

A Kurdish Hacker group has released hundreds of files containing intelligence reports, photos and videos that reveal senior Hayat Tahrir al Sham commanders engaging in sexual conduct with the wife’s of the soldiers they command.
Footage (censored out of courtesy) shows senior Hayat Tahrir al Sham colonel of the 72nd Division *Sheikh Abu Abdo* FaceTiming with one of the wife’s of the officers he commands engaging in sexual acts.
Sheikh Abu Abdo is from Idlib and belongs to the inner circle of Jolani and is responsible for enforcing HTS directives in Aleppo.

SDF PRESS: Misleading and Fabricated Narratives Concocted by Damascus

The narratives promoted by the Damascus authorities regarding the presence of Ali Kayali or other alleged figures in northern and eastern Syria are nothing more than a series of repeated lies disseminated over the past few days, which have fallen apart one after another.These lies are clearly part of a broader effort to cover up their aggression and attacks, and to create fabricated narratives to justify their actions on the ground.

This approach, based on fabricating names and concocting events, reveals the true nature of the official discourse, which is not based on conveying information, but rather on deliberate deception, in a failed attempt to evade responsibility for proven and well-known actions.

SDF Media Center
January 16, 2026

The attacks are coordinated directly by the Turkish state, with ISIS gangs playing an active role.

SDF is responding to sources of gunfire from HTS positions on Deir Hafir frontlines, reportedly SDF is launching rockets towards the HTS positions.

SDF press:

Damascus authorities are spreading more systematic lies

The Damascus authorities continue to promote more systematic lies about our forces owning Iranian drones, or the presence of fighters from outside the borders within their ranks. These allegations come as part of a deliberate misinformation campaign that carries malicious messages directed at specific international parties, in a clear attempt to distort the reputation of the Syrian Democratic Forces and undermine its role, and as part of desperate attempts to sabotage its relations with partners and international parties.

The Syrian Democratic Forces are national forces, whose fighters are made up of sons and daughters of the Syrian people of all components, while proven facts confirm the presence of thousands of foreign fighters, of multiple nationalities, including Uzbeks and Chechens, within the ranks of the factions affiliated with the Damascus authorities themselves.