Syrian army forces launched an offensive intervention toward the Lafarge cement factory on the Çelebye line southeast of Kobani between 9:16 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. UTC on Jan. 26, 2026, with SDF/YPG media claiming destruction of two tanks at the factory, according to X user BarracudaVol1. The Çelebye line has been highly active over the past hour, continuing clashes reported earlier this morning between Damascus-affiliated factions and SDF/YPG forces on axes including Çelebye-Harab Işk south of Ayn Issa and villages southeast of Kobani, as confirmed by multiple X monitors including BarracudaVol1. In related SDF developments, the regularization process for former SDF members began in Raqqa province, with photos from the area cited by X account QalaatAlMudiq; a similar process is set to start tomorrow in Deir Ezzor province, involving handover of weapons and equipment on the model used after Assad's fall. Separately, bodies of civilians including children were found unrecovered in Makman village at the Abu Khashab junction northwest of Deir ez-Zor, killed about four days ago according to local sources reported by HasakahMC on X.
