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Syrian security forces negotiated with five PKK snipers holed up on the roof of Katan Prison north of Raqqa city between 10:15 AM and 11:15 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, during which the snipers released 12 detainees held as human shields and fled the area, according to DeirEzzore on X. Clashes continue around the prison, as stated by Ebuselmnbelarus on X.

Syrian Arab Army forces reached and surrounded Katan prison north of Raqqa between 9:46 AM and 10:15 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, facing clashes with YPG members refusing to surrender the facility holding Daesh prisoners, according to posts by Ebuselmnbelarus on X.

Syrian Arab Army forces began entering Ain Issa in Raqqa governorate between 9:16 AM and 9:45 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, facing limited clashes with Syrian Democratic Forces members who refused to withdraw, according to syrianFactCheck on X.

Syrian Arab Army units entered the town of Khirbet al-Tamer in the western countryside of Al-Hasakah, 50 km from Al-Hasakah city, between 8:46 AM and 9:15 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, according to video footage shared by omar_alharir on X.

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed a ceasefire agreement and the full integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces into the Syrian state administration over the past hour ending 8:45 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, according to AlekhbariahSY on X, as videos showed locals celebrating Syrian Army takeovers of Raqqa, Tabqa, and Deir Hafer from SDF control, per Elizrael on X citing omar__albam.

Syrian army units entered Shaddadi in northeastern Syria over the past hour ending 7:45 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, joining tribal fighters controlling the city center, as Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) remnants withdrew toward Hasakah, according to Mintelworld on X.

An X user named AnbarBaddie posted over the past hour from 4:45 AM to 5:45 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, stating 'how it feels being iraqi rn. everyone wants us so bad' and quoting 'If Ahmed Al-Sharaa pulls his tricks, he will take Iraq as well. Good morning, Rojava 👏🏻🥳,' according to the post at https://x.com/AnbarBaddie/status/2013073873567207606.

The Syrian Army captured two female snipers from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa over the past hour from 12:46 AM to 1:45 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, according to Cyrus_Intel50 on X.

The Syrian army blocked the Abu Khashab road to Al-Hasakah over the past hour ending 12:45 AM UTC on January 19, 2026, to prevent crowds from continuing toward the city, with the state confirming its responsibility and contact made with all clans, according to DeirEzzore on X.

Tribes from BPH conducted a minor attack on the Ayn Issa frontline between 11:16 PM and 11:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, cutting off the M4 road from Şekerek silos and prompting YPG forces to evacuate a defense line and regroup in Ayn Isa city center, where a large number of YPG members remain, according to hakikatsizler on X.

X user omar_alharir warned between 10:46 PM and 11:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, that one video circulating about Al-Hasakah events is old footage from the fifth month of last year, urging verification of all information.

Syrian Defense Minister Major General Murhaf Abu Qasra inspected the implementation of the ceasefire across all battlefronts pursuant to the agreement signed between the Syrian state and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to SANA between 10:16 PM and 10:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026.

Militants called for attacks on the family of Syrian Foreign Minister Assad al-Shaybani in Hasakah city's Tayy and Gidurbek neighborhoods, labeling him a "Turkish agent," and for indiscriminate killings in Guwayran, according to an X post by BarracudaVol1 between 9:46 PM and 10:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026.

A source in Syria's Ministry of Information denied rumors of massacres in Al-Hasakah governorate between 9:16 PM and 9:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, stating no confirmed information exists, according to Euphrates Post, as X posts from omar_alharir reported Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) abducting three named Arab tribal members—Maad Abdul Salam Al-Tayef, Hamza Jalal Al-Wahb, and Rakan Mohammad Al-Wahb—during a raid on Housh Al-Baaer neighborhood in Al-Hasakah city.

The Baggara tribe declared general mobilization against the Syrian Democratic Forces after the SDF killed approximately 120 people from the Bushikh tribe, calling members to gather in Hawaj Al-Bumsa'a, as Arab tribes began assembling in Deir ez-Zor region villages to advance toward Hasakah and lift the siege on local Arabs between 8:46 PM and 9:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to X posts from BarracudaVol1 and syrianFactCheck.

Syrian Arab Army units and Baggara tribe fighters advanced toward Hasakah city between 8:16 PM and 8:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, following the tribe's declaration of general mobilization against Syrian Democratic Forces after a massacre of over 300 tribal members in Al-Hasakah countryside, according to X posts from Al7khalidi and BarracudaVol1.

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and YPG militants killed more than 300 people, mostly civilians from the Baggara tribe in Asherah and Tel Mecdal villages, in Al-Hasakah countryside and Jabal Abdul Aziz between 7:46 PM and 8:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to reports from Qanat Akhbar Daraa on X. Locals called on Syrian forces and General Security to intervene immediately against SDF/YPG crimes.

Syrian Arab Army units engaged in violent clashes with Syrian Democratic Forces militia cells in Raqqa city's Saif al-Din neighborhood between 7:16 PM and 7:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to correspondent Zaino Yasser Mahamid. The Syrian Arab News Agency reported deployment of Internal Security Forces in Raqqa city during this period.

Syrian Arab Army units declared control of Raqqa city between 6:16 PM and 7:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, ending ground clashes and prompting celebratory aerial gunfire, according to AlarabyTV reporter Khaled Idlibi. Syrian Democratic Forces snipers continued targeting civilians, injuring more than 40 people inside a hospital, as reported by Syria TV correspondent Zaino Yasser Mahamid.

Syrian Democratic Forces members bombed the Tabqa area and clashed with Syrian Arab Army units in Raqqa city near the military hospital and Saif al-Dawla neighborhood between 5:46 PM and 6:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to Zaino Yasser Mahamid on Telegram and Sonia reports. Al-Watan reported fierce clashes continuing in Tabqa city.

The Syrian Democratic Forces targeted Tabqa city and bombed Syrian Arab Army positions near Ain Issa in northern Raqqa countryside with rocket launchers, while clashing with the army in the Bakman area on the Deir ez-Zor-Al-Hasakah border, between 5:16 PM and 5:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to reports from Zaino Yasser Mahamid on Telegram.

The United States commended the Syrian government and Syrian Democratic Forces for reaching a ceasefire agreement today, while Syrian government security forces began entering Raqqa city between 4:46 PM and 5:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, to prevent a power vacuum amid ongoing clashes with remaining SDF-YPG fighters including snipers, according to a statement from USAMBTurkiye on X and QalaatAlMudiq on X.

Details of a 14-point ceasefire agreement between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces emerged between 4:16 PM and 4:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, including immediate ceasefire, handover of Raqqa and Deir Ezzor provinces, integration of Hasakah civilian structures into the state, and Damascus control of borders and oil fields, according to QalaatAlMudiq on X.

Details of a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces emerged between 3:46 PM and 4:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, including integration of SDF elements into the Ministry of Defense after security checks, handover of all oil fields to the government, and appointment of a governor in Al-Hasakah, according to طيف للأخبار on Telegram and Damas Post on X.

Syrian army forces entered Raqqa city and established control in the center after YPG attacks targeting civilians between 3:16 PM and 3:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, while a convoy of Internal Security Forces headed to the Raqqa countryside to secure areas expelled of SDF, according to mintelworld on X and the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

Syrian Information Minister Hamza Mustafa announced between 2:46 PM and 3:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, that an important statement on ongoing ceasefire agreement talks and the full integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces into Syrian state institutions is expected after 18:00 UTC, according to BarracudaVol1 on X.

Syrian army forces gained access to Raqqa city from the west, while convoys of military police and internal security arrived at the outskirts in preparation for entering and securing public institutions between 2:16 PM and 2:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to BarracudaVol1 and Damas Post on X.

Syrian army forces reached Hawi al-Hawa in the western vicinity of Raqqa city and took control preparing to enter between 1:46 PM and 2:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, while tribal forces captured Tishrin north of Raqqa, the village of Kışla, and Kabş Garbi in the Tishrin region, according to BarracudaVol1 on X.

SDF snipers killed more than ten people in Raqqa city neighborhoods while PKK armored vehicles fired on civilians, prompting clashes near Al-Jazra Junction and the 17th Division line between 1:16 PM and 1:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, as Abdul Hamid al-Mahbash, head of the Syria Future Party and co-chair of the SDF negotiating delegation, defected from the group, according to Raqqa_SL, omar_alharir, DeirEzzor24, and Levant_24_ on X.

Tribal forces clashed with SDF at Al-Jazra Junction and Hisham Abdul Malik Street in Raqqa city, responding to SDF ambushes, while capturing Tel Samin north of the city between 12:46 PM and 1:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, as Syrian army units advanced west of the Euphrates to Tabqa within kilometers of the city center, according to Zaino Yasser Mahamid on Telegram and Elizrael on X.

A delegation from Raqqa arrived in Damascus between 12:16 PM and 12:45 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, to formally hand over the city to Syrian state authorities, as tribal forces liberated Al-Asadiyah farm and captured Naim junction while residents celebrated the expulsion of SDF and PKK forces citywide, according to Levant24 and local sources including Zaino Yasser Mahamid on Telegram.

Tribal forces clashed violently with PKK organization in all neighborhoods of Raqqa city between 11:46 AM and 12:15 PM UTC on January 18, 2026, as residents raised the Syrian flag on 23 February Street in the city center and tribal forces liberated Al-Mishlab neighborhood east of the center and Al-Sabahiya neighborhood, according to DeirEzzore on X.

Tribal fighters captured the Military Intelligence Branch in Raqqa city center and took control east of the city between 11:16 AM and 11:45 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, as SDF commando forces completely withdrew from four main points in the city and countryside toward Hasakah, according to omar_alharir and zamanalwsl on X.

Tribal fighters captured Qahtaniya, Rabia and Havi al-Hawa west of Raqqa city and entered the Al-Mishlab neighborhood from the east between 10:46 AM and 11:15 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to BarracudaVol1 on X. DeirEzzore reported on X that Al-Mishlab is outside PKK control amid street fighting in Raqqa city.

Tribal fighters captured Al-Karamah, Jadidat, Al-Ahwas, Al-Shaher, Judaydat Ghayt and Kabsh Garbi villages east and west of Raqqa city between 10:16 AM and 10:45 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, advancing on multiple axes toward the city to complete Raqqa Governorate liberation, according to omar_alharir, DeirEzzore and BarracudaVol1 on X.

Syrian Army units took control of Al-Qashla village west of Tishreen Dam, one of the last defense lines for the dam, between 9:46 AM and 10:15 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to DeirEzzore on X. Arab tribal fighters entered the outskirts of Al-Shaddadi south of Al-Hasakah during this period, as stated by Zaino Yasser Mahamid on Telegram.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) transferred all ISIS prisoners from its prisons in Raqqa city to Al-Hasakah Governorate in the past 29 minutes, according to a special source for Nahr Media as posted on X.

Syrian Army and Arab tribal forces took control of As-Salhabiye Gharbiye and advanced towards Raqqa city between 8:46 AM and 9:15 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to HassounMazen on X. Syrian Arab Army units made great progress inside Tishreen Dam villages through two axes east of Aleppo, as stated by DeirEzzore on X.

Tribal fighters captured the SDF commando headquarters in Jazrat al-Buhamid east of Raqqa and Jazrat al-Milaj on the administrative border with Deir ez-Zor between 8:16 AM and 8:45 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, liberating the Jazrat area and opening a direct road to Raqqa city, according to omar_alharir and DeirEzzore on X.

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria declared general mobilization across the region between 7:46 AM and 8:15 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, urging all residents, especially young men and women, to arm themselves against possible attacks on Kobani and the Jazira region, according to posts by Rojava Gündemi and Wolveri07681751 on X.

SDF/YPG forces withdrew from all oil fields in Deir ez-Zor between 7:16 AM and 7:45 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, allowing Syrian army units and tribal warriors to enter the sites one by one, according to BarracudaVol1 on X.

Syrian army forces advanced to within 5 kilometers of Raqqa city center between 6:15 AM and 7:15 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to Wolveri07681751 on X.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) exploded the new Al-Rashid bridge in Raqqa city between 4:15 AM and 5:15 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to the Raqqa Media Directorate as reported by syr_television on X. Separately, an SDF heavy drone dropped a mortar round on a group of Syrian Transitional Government (STG) soldiers during this period, causing about 10 casualties, per NotWoofers on X.

Sixty-four SDF members besieged in Mansura town, Raqqa province, surrendered to the Syrian army between 2:45 AM and 3:45 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to Zaino Yasser Mahameed on X citing Cadusuhan_2.

SDF forces confirmed violent clashes ongoing in Ghranij, Abu Hammam, Keshkiye, Dhiban, and Tiyana towns in Deir ez-Zor countryside after factions affiliated with the Damascus government attacked their positions between 1:16 AM and 1:45 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to an SDF statement shared by Vvanwilgenburg on X.

Syrian army and security forces entered Hasham town east of the Euphrates River in Deir ez-Zor countryside, previously cleared of PKK/SDF by Arab tribal forces who captured militants and checkpoints, while tribes sent reinforcements to Muhaymida town in the western countryside between 12:46 AM and 1:15 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to Zaino Yasser Mahameed on X.

Syrian Arab Army forces crossed the Euphrates River into Al-Husseiniyah town west of Deir ez-Zor city and advanced towards Hatla, Salhiya, and Mazloum between 12:16 AM and 12:45 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, while an entire SDF regiment defected in Hawaij Al-Bumsa’a west of Deir ez-Zor, according to DeirEzzore and Nahr_Media on X.

Syrian Arab Army forces crossed the Euphrates River and entered Al-Husseiniyah town opposite Deir ez-Zor city, while tribal forces liberated Hawaj Boumsa'a north of Muhimidah, Hermusiya opposite Tebni, and Marrat opposite Deir ez-Zor airport from SDF control between 11:46 PM on January 17 and 12:15 AM UTC on January 18, 2026, according to DeirEzzore and BarracudaVol1 on X.

Syrian Arab Army forces took control of Tabqa city and Tishreen Dam in Raqqa western countryside, 5 km from Raqqa city, between 10:46 PM and 11:45 PM UTC on January 17, 2026, as SDF forces fled after reportedly executing prisoners in Tabqa prison, according to Jamil_Alhasaan and BarracudaVol1 on X.