🇸🇾⚡- Clashes are taking place at al-Shihan roundabout (36.2288, 37.1273), where the Syrian government forces have made minor advances.

Syrian government troops attempted to storm the Syriac Quarters and the Suleimaniyeh Center, south of the al-Ashrafiyeh district, but failed, leaving behind high casualties.

Contrary to reports, Syrian government troops are not inside al-Ashrafiyeh.

🇺🇸🇨🇭⚡️- Donald Trump has been confirmed to physically attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 16th.

🇸🇾⚡- SDF forces have crossed the al-Zahoor Street and have captured al-Kalima School (36.22291, 37.14046), south of the al-Ashrafiyeh district, Aleppo city.

🇫🇷🇷🇺⚡️- An independant Russian journalist died shortly after being defenestrated from his flat in Meudon, France.

His roommate wasn't able to be interrogated by law enforcement immediately due to a language barrier. Letters were found written in Russian alongside medication thrown in the trashcan.

French law enforcement believes in a suicide for now.

🇸🇾⚡- Syrian government forces have opened a new front in the north. Syrian troops are attempting to cross Khalid bin al-Walid road Road and into the al-Shaqif micro district – north of the Sheikh Maqsoud district.

🇸🇾⚡- Fighting near the al-Shihan roundabout has expanded across the entire Shihan Avenue, reaching the al-Layramoun roundabout, southwest of the al-Ashrafiyeh district.

🇸🇾⚡- Heavy fighting erupts in the Ayn al-Tal district (al-Jalaa), south of al-Jundul roundabout (36.2488126, 37.1729540) – northern Aleppo.

The area is predominantly Christian.

🇸🇾⚡- Visual confirmation: The SDF are advancing in the predominantly Christian Ayn al-Tal (al-Jalaa) district of northern Aleppo.

🇸🇾 - Northern Aleppo covered in a thick fog of smoke.

🇸🇴🇮🇱⚡- Somaliland and Israel are in talks about a potential Israeli military base on Somaliland's territory, Israel Channel 12 reports.

🇹🇷🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- "The SDF is stalling, and need to do their part. Instead, they are cooperating with Israel. The SDF has turned into an actor serving Israel’s divide-and-rule policy in our region," - Hakan Fidan, Foreign Minister of Turkey.

🇷🇺⚡- BREAKING: Russian ghost tanker ELBUS was struck by a drone just north of Turkey. The fourth such incident in the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean area.

The tanker has begun making its way to a Turkish port.

🇾🇪⚡- BREAKING: Aden International Airport begins evacuating all its staff as Saudi and UAE backed forces face off in the area.

Contrary to earlier reports, the Southern Transitional Council has not withdrawn from Aden entirely.

Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces are being prevented entry into Aden International Airport and the N5 Highway south, which provides access to the upper-class districts of Khor Maksar and Ma'alla, as well as the Presidential Palace, al-Ma'ashiq.

Map key:
- Purple: Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces,
- Yellow: Pro-Hadi Forces (pro Homeland Shield Forces),
- Green: Southern Transitional Council (likely the Storm Brigades).

🇸🇾⚡- The Syrian government forces have begun attempting to storm SDF-controlled northern Aleppo city again, after its earlier attempt today failed.

Eventually, after trying the exact same tactics, attacking from the exact same positions, Damascus feels it will be successful.

🇸🇾⚡- Northern Aleppo right now.

🇮🇷⚡- Iranian authorities block almost all mobile internet connectivity ahead of the planned pro-Pahlavi protests, which are scheduled to start in 45 minutes.

🇮🇷⚡- Incredible scenes from tonight as violent 'protests' continue across Iran.

A car ramming operation targets a number of Basij members.

🇮🇷 - Another angle of the car ramming operation that occured in Mashhad, eastern Iran.