The Syrian army took control of Tal Safuk village near the Iraqi border south of Al-Hawl and Al-Mabtouh village south of Jabal Abdul Aziz in the western Hasakah countryside during the 29-minute period ending at 11:15 PM UTC on January 19, 2026, according to DeirEzzor24 on X. Huge protests erupted in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan, in solidarity with Kurdish fighters in Kobani and Hasakah, as reported by vvanwilgenburg on X in the same period. Al-Aktan prison northeast of Raqqa remains under YPG control after negotiations failed today, with intermittent conflicts slowing the northward advance of troops in Raqqa, per hakikatsizler on X. These developments follow the start of the Hasakah operation announced earlier on January 19 between 9:16 PM and 9:45 PM UTC, Syrian army advances into Hasakah city center, and a U.S. army convoy deploying at Sinai prison between 9:46 PM and 10:15 PM UTC, according to previous reports citing X posts by BarracudaVol1 and others.
