Turkish warplanes and UAVs shelled villages al-Jalabiya, Kharab Ashk, and Ziriki in Kobani countryside over the past hour ending at 4:15 p.m. UTC on Jan. 26, 2026, after SDF forces repelled an attack by Interim Government militias, according to Hawar News Agency. Syrian forces downed additional SDF-YPG FPV drones on the Hasakah front today, neutralizing several in eastern Aleppo countryside equipped with fiber-optic links, QalaatAlMudiq reported. SDF-affiliated fighters are the only documented operators of such UAVs in Syria, with others seized in Tabqa this month. In Raqqa province, Khabur channel reporter Firas Barjas was released from Aqtan prison, previously controlled by SDF forces, along with seven other political detainees on Jan. 26, 2026, per an X post by k7ybnd99. Barjas had been detained last December on charges of communicating with hostile entities supporting the government. The Syrian Justice Ministry stated it is reviewing cases of all detainees at Aqtan prison to distinguish political detainees, common criminals, and ISIS members, as cited by QalaatAlMudiq. The ministry released 126 children and teenagers from the facility yesterday. These events follow Syrian army destruction of two SDF-YPG truck-mounted howitzers on the Harab Işk-Çelebiye line near Kobani between 2:46 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. UTC earlier today, according to X user BarracudaVol1.
