The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) warned Turkey over the past hour ending at 3:15 PM UTC on January 13, 2026, that attacks on Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in Aleppo and preparations for assaults east of the Euphrates question the ceasefire and 'Peace and Democratic Society' process, according to a post on X by Wladimir van Wilgenburg. The warning cited ongoing attacks on Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh, areas from which a second convoy of temporarily displaced residents returned from Afrin after Syrian Arab Army forces secured the neighborhoods and expelled PKK militias and SDF, as stated by omar_alharir on X between 1:16 PM and 1:45 PM UTC. Syrian Arab Army forces engaged PKK/SDF positions near the strategic Tishrin Dam east of Aleppo during the same 29-minute period ending at 1:45 PM UTC, according to field sources cited by ehsanAtassi on X. These developments follow SDF detonations of the Um Tina bridge east of Deir Hafer and two other bridges earlier on January 13, as reported by QalaatAlMudiq, amid Syrian military declarations of Deir Hafer and Maskana as closed military zones urging SDF withdrawal east of the Euphrates. Separately, Bild reported that Syria's leader will visit Berlin on Monday at the invitation of Chancellor Merz, as shared by Aaron Y. Zelin on X during the reporting window.
