Rojava Intel

🚨URGENT SDF: Damascus government factions targeted civilian homes in the villages of Rasm Kroum and Imam, located northeast of the city of Deir Hafir. The villages were shelled with heavy weapons, in addition to two separate attacks carried out using suicide drones.

🚨URGENT According to information we obtained from regional sources, some of the residents of Deir Hafir have been forced to evacuate their homes due to attacks on the area by HTS forces, affiliated with the Damascus government, and SNA froces, affiliated with the Turkish state, using heavy weapons and drones.

Also UPDATE From SDF: Damascus government factions attacked the vicinity of the Tishrin Dam twice with suicide aircraft and artillery shelling, coinciding with their targeting of the village of "Umm al-Marra" south of Deir Hafer with missiles, in a continuing military escalation in the region.

Currently, Damascus government forces are targeting civilian homes with heavy machine guns in the village of Im El Mera, south of the city of Deir Hafir.

🚨URGENT Tishreen Dam also being bombed HTS, affiliated with the Damascus government, and SNA, affiliated with the Turkish state, bombed the area around the Tishreen Dam with heavy weapons and twice with drones.

🚨SDF Announced Deir Hafer - Eastern Aleppo Countryside Meanwhile, Damascus government factions are targeting the town of Deir Hafer with artillery shells; no information on casualties has been received so far.

Urgent Damascus government artillery targets the town center of Deir Hafer.

The infant Abdul Rahman Barakat (8 months old) succumbed to his wounds resulting from the attacks by the STG on the Khaled Fajr hospital in Sheikh Maqsoud. His family sought refuge there from the indiscriminate artillery bombardment by the STG against the Kurdish neighbourhoods in Aleppo. They were later evacuated - the infant succumbed to his wounds this morning.

URGENT Attacks have begun! HTS and SNA forces have begun shelling Deir Hafer, which has been declared a military zone by the Damascus government. Tensions are escalating in the Aleppo countryside! (Source/SHOR)

Syrian government-affiliated HTS and Turkish state-backed SNA forces continue to send reinforcements to attack the Deir Hafir region. Pro-Damascus agencies and channels claim the attack will begin within two days.

Digital Jihad continues - The STG is using videos made by the Turkish led SNA. This video alongside the 2nd video have been debunked years ago, with soldiers from Suleiman Shah (SNA) openly admitting to it. The other video shows an alleged torture scene. In both cases the videos are badly made, using the wrong uniforms and badges. Flags are upside down and the Kurdish militants speak Arabic? These videos were made to incite the Arabic population in Syria against the Kurdish people - STG media recycling these old videos isn’t coincidental.

🚨URGENT The Syrian government (Damascus regime) has declared the areas of Deir Hafir and Maskana — under SDF control — as war zones. Yesterday, it deployed over 13 tanks, more than 20 military vehicles carrying heavy weapons, and significant troop reinforcements to the front line.Today, the Syrian government is continuing its buildup, now sending dozens of UAVs that were provided to them by the Turkish state and trained by Ukrainian officers.The SDF had earlier warned against any military escalation and stated that such moves would not go unanswered.

The Syrian Government has declared SDF controlled Deir Haifer and Maskanah a war zone.

Damascus government forces bombed the bridge! At 5:00 AM this morning, Damascus government forces targeted the Umm Tina bridge north of the town of Dêr Hefır with artillery fire, rendering the bridge unusable.

🚨ATNOW KOBANE Thousands of Kobanê residents are bidding farewell to Ziyad Heleb, the leading and fedayeen commander of the Sheikh Maqsoud resistance, and his comrades.

Thousands of people are bidding farewell to the heroic martyrs of the Sheikh Maqsud resistance in Kobanê.

The STG is attacking a position of the SDF in the countryside of Deirezzor using heavy machine guns, mortars and RPGs. Clashes are being reported.

More Turkish military reinforcements are being deployed into the Aleppo countryside towards the frontlines with the SDF at Tishreen dam. Jolani-Syria has been turned into a Turkish province. They state that there can only be one army in Syria while the Turkish army is deployed into Syria. This is what they describe as *The sovereignty of the Syrian nation*

Update – At 11:25 PM last night, armed men from Damascus government factions attacked our forces' positions in the town of Abu Hamam in the eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside from across the Euphrates River, using machine guns. No casualties were reported among our forces. Our forces immediately returned fire and took all necessary measures to secure our positions and protect the area. SDF Media Center January 13, 2026