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US/Coalition airstrikes also targeted a number of caves google.com/maps?ll=34.8... ~35km north of Palmyra
January 11, 2026 at 12:29 PM
US/Coalition airstrikes also targeted a number of caves google.com/maps?ll=34.8... ~35km north of Palmyra
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From negotiation to escalation: Aleppo tests the limits of Damascus-SDF relations
✍️ @walid-alnofal.bsky.social and Sozdar Muhammad
✍️ @walid-alnofal.bsky.social and Sozdar Muhammad
From negotiation to escalation: Aleppo tests the limits of Damascus-SDF relations
This week’s escalation in Aleppo city comes amid a deepening political crisis between Damascus and the SDF, particularly after the latest round of negotiations to implement the March 2025 agreement st...
syriadirect.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
From negotiation to escalation: Aleppo tests the limits of Damascus-SDF relations
✍️ @walid-alnofal.bsky.social and Sozdar Muhammad
✍️ @walid-alnofal.bsky.social and Sozdar Muhammad
The Aleppo Media Directorate said the governorate building was struck by an SDF drone during a press conference attended by Governor Azzam al-Gharib, Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa, and Social Affairs and Labor Minister Hind Kabawat.
— SANA
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— SANA
sana.sy/en/syria/228...
Aleppo Media Directorate condemns drone attack on governorate building
Aleppo, Jan 10 (SANA) The Aleppo Media Directorate condemned on Saturday the targeting of government institutions and media personnel by the SDF organization,
sana.sy
January 10, 2026 at 3:20 PM
The Aleppo Media Directorate said the governorate building was struck by an SDF drone during a press conference attended by Governor Azzam al-Gharib, Information Minister Hamza al-Mustafa, and Social Affairs and Labor Minister Hind Kabawat.
— SANA
sana.sy/en/syria/228...
— SANA
sana.sy/en/syria/228...
US Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack: “We are working intensively to extend this ceasefire and spirit of understanding beyond this morning’s 9 o’clock deadline.”
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January 9, 2026 at 7:06 AM
US Ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack: “We are working intensively to extend this ceasefire and spirit of understanding beyond this morning’s 9 o’clock deadline.”
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There are no negotiations regarding a withdrawal of SDF-affiliated Asayish at their request, as some reports claim.
Instead, Damascus is requesting their surrender and the laying down of weapons in Sheikh Maqsoud.
@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social
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Instead, Damascus is requesting their surrender and the laying down of weapons in Sheikh Maqsoud.
@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
There are no negotiations regarding a withdrawal of SDF-affiliated Asayish at their request, as some reports claim.
Instead, Damascus is requesting their surrender and the laying down of weapons in Sheikh Maqsoud.
@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social
x.com/i/status/200...
Instead, Damascus is requesting their surrender and the laying down of weapons in Sheikh Maqsoud.
@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social
x.com/i/status/200...
SDF-affiliated Asayish in Sheikh Maqsoud are now shelling the areas they lost such as Ashrafiyah district (Aleppo).
Several reporters were wounded in a nearby area...
@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social
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Several reporters were wounded in a nearby area...
@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social
x.com/i/status/200...
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
SDF-affiliated Asayish in Sheikh Maqsoud are now shelling the areas they lost such as Ashrafiyah district (Aleppo).
Several reporters were wounded in a nearby area...
@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social
x.com/i/status/200...
Several reporters were wounded in a nearby area...
@qalaatalmudiq.bsky.social
x.com/i/status/200...