In Aleppo, Syria, buses began arriving over the past hour from 7:15 AM UTC on Jan. 9 to transport Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters to an island with light weapons, while headquarters and mine maps were handed over to Internal Security, according to syrianFactCheck on X. Aleppo is preparing to celebrate the completion of the city's liberation for the first time since the fall of the regime, as stated in the syrianFactCheck post published during the reporting window ending at 8:15 AM UTC on Jan. 9. These actions follow a temporary ceasefire in the Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods achieved between 4:16 AM and 5:16 AM UTC on Jan. 9, which the United States welcomed in a statement from USAMBTurkiye on X, noting efforts to extend it beyond its 9 AM UTC deadline.
