A large displacement of families belonging to SDF militia members from Raqqa city toward Al-Hasakah province began between 1:46 PM and 2:15 PM UTC on January 17, 2026, coinciding with clashes between the Al-Bukhamees tribe and PKK militias in Al-Mansoura town west of Raqqa, local sources reported to Al-Watan newspaper as shared by omar_alharir on X. Syrian army forces targeted a military headquarters and ammunition depot of the SDF in the first district of Tabqa city west of Raqqa, according to a Nahr Media correspondent. SDF members in Tabqa were placed on large alert amid violent clashes with Syrian army on the outskirts of Al-Thawra oil field south of the city, الشرقية24 reported. Raqqa_SL posted images of SDF members wandering in Tabqa during this period. Clashes erupted in Al-Mansoura between the Al-Bukhamees tribe and PKK-affiliated SDF forces, described as a sudden tribal movement by omar_alharir on X quoting Arabic sources. Colleagues from the Raqqa Media Directorate survived a direct targeting attempt by SDF near Debsi Afnan, as stated by Raqqa_SL and شبكة نداء الفرات, both citing the media team. A video showed the moment SDF militia betrayed Syrian Arab Army forces in Debsi Faraj village in Raqqa countryside, posted by Military_OSTX on X. Al7khalidi shared images of war spoils captured by the Syrian army from SDF today. Sheikh Abdul Karim Faisal Al-Fandi of the Bakara tribe in Al-Hasakah called on the international coalition to lift support for SDF, per Alkhabour. RONAHI TV reported the end of a meeting in Erbil involving Mezlum Ebdi, Ilham, Masoud Barzani, and Tom Barrack, where stopping the war was discussed, with a statement expected. These events follow Syrian army advances toward Tabqa and seizure of areas west of Raqqa earlier on January 17, as previously reported.
