Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militants shelled the Aleppo Governorate building using an Iranian-made aircraft between 1:16 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. UTC on January 10, 2026, while the Ministers of Information and Social Affairs and the Aleppo Governor were present there, an X post by Raqqa_SL reported. SDF militants holed up in Yassin Hospital in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood will be deported toward Tabqa with their weapons withdrawn, Damas Post reported during this period. The Syrian army will begin handing over health and government facilities to state institutions and gradually withdraw from Sheikh Maqsoud streets, according to the same source. These developments follow SDF suicide drone strikes on the nearby municipal palace and Al-Firdous neighborhood between 12:46 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. UTC, which injured multiple people, as reported earlier by Al-Thawra Newspaper and Al-Mihwar News. Ongoing army operations in Sheikh Maqsoud included SDF surrenders at Yassin Hospital prior to this window, per prior Syrian military sources.
