A security patrol in Al-Safira arrested a silver-colored Saba taxi reported to be laden with explosives and originating from PKK areas around Al-Khafsa and Jub Abyad before it could reach Aleppo between 9:15 PM and 10:15 PM UTC on January 13, 2026, according to posts on X by user @ha27027 and Syria News Now 24. The X post by @ha27027 warned of the taxi's confirmed entry toward Aleppo from the specified PKK areas and urged wide circulation of the alert, using the identifier 657991 Aleppo. Syria News Now 24 subsequently reported the interception around Al-Safira, praising the security efforts in preventing the threat. This development follows earlier clashes in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud district involving Asayish fighters and Syrian government forces, where intelligence sources linked SDF and PKK elements to recruitment of former regime fighters and drone attacks, as reported by QalaatAlMudiq in the previous hour.
