Syrian government forces seized an ammunition depot belonging to SDF-affiliated fighters in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud district, containing anti-tank mines, mortar shells, and Iranian-made rockets, during the 2:15-3:15 p.m. UTC window on Jan. 11, according to X posts by monitoring account QalaatAlMudiq. Interior Ministry specialized teams continued removing booby-traps in Sheikh Maqsoud over the past hour, neutralizing improvised explosive devices concealed in civilian areas, a car rigged with mortar shells, and war remnants in houses and streets, as stated by QalaatAlMudiq. A Kurdish girl kidnapped by PKK militia and forced to serve as a fighter in Sheikh Maqsoud was reunited with her father after government forces cleared the area of PKK presence, per X user AbdussamedDgl1 during the reporting window. These seizures and demining operations follow the Syrian Arab Army's strike on SDF military site No. 12 in Sheikh Maqsoud earlier on Jan. 11, which the SDF claimed was a hospital but contained weapons and vehicles used to shell Aleppo neighborhoods, according to prior X posts by @ivarmm, @syrianFactCheck, and @omar_alharir.
