Tents sheltering displaced Syrians in Idlib province were struck by a snowstorm during the reporting window from 10:15 AM to 12:45 PM UTC on January 2, 2026, leaving residents in dire conditions amid harsh winter weather, according to an X post by Al Jazeera English. Millions of Syrians displaced after fleeing the Assad regime's civil war lack suitable shelter to protect them from the winter, as stated in the Al Jazeera English post. Separately, a member of the Bakara tribe from the Euphrates area posed as a Mossad agent to catfish Assadist leadership living abroad, obtaining tons of documents and intelligence including 74 hours of recordings secured by Al Jazeera that reveal their organization, according to an X post linking to an Al Jazeera article dated December 31, 2025. Leaked photos of former Assad general Suhail Hassan and his son, identified as main figures supporting the Assadist insurgency, emerged during the same period, as posted on X by QalaatAlMudiq.
