Aleppo Governor announced this morning the resumption of pumping operations at the Babiri Water Station east of Deir Hafer, the main water source for Aleppo and its countryside, after the SDF halted operations, which the Energy Ministry denounced as collective retaliation, according to QalaatAlMudiq. The Syrian Energy Ministry stated that the SDF action targeted civilians by cutting off water supply from the Babiri station under its control east of Deir Hafer, as quoted by QalaatAlMudiq during the 1:15-1:45 p.m. UTC window on Jan. 11. This follows Syrian Army reports of monitoring SDF reinforcements of armed groups and equipment to the Deir Hafer front earlier on Jan. 11, per previous SANA citations. Separate commentary highlighted the Syrian army's control over nearly 12 square kilometers in Aleppo through three days of urban warfare, an area comparable to Tartous city and larger than Idlib, previously inhabited by hundreds of thousands, as posted by X user @diaa_audi citing @SyrianShabab during the reporting window. This relates to recent SDF evacuations from Sheikh Maqsoud to Deir Hafer announced earlier on Jan. 11.
