The Operations Authority of the Syrian Arab Army announced the discovery of a large number of PKK organization members in Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood who, alongside SDF, killed more than ten Kurdish young men refusing to fight with them and burned their bodies to intimidate residents, according to a statement shared on X by Sy_Defense during the past hour through 9:46 PM UTC on Jan. 9. ALMIHWAR NEWS reported that tribes of Raqqa city announced their joining of a general mobilization launched by the Autonomous Administration in northern and eastern Syria in support of Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo, as stated in a post during this period. These statements follow the Syrian Arab Army's initiation of combing operations in Sheikh Maqsoud after SDF attacks that killed three soldiers and injured over a dozen others, as announced by the Operations Authority over the previous hour through 8:46 PM UTC, according to statements shared on X by ivarmm. The army operations continue amid prior failed negotiations for SDF evacuation with weapons, with clashes reported on the Sheikh Maqsoud front, per Syrian sources including slmhktn on X during the prior period.
