Highlights 14/15.01.26

📌 Aleppo Massacre
There is an ongoing massacre of the kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo. Abductions, disappearances and lootings continued after the evacuation of injured and dead, with people escaping while journalists and human rights organisations not allowed to enter.
UN reports min 120,000 people displaces, more than 500 missing more than 120 injured and at least 45 killed. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday that the Syrian government must hold perpetrators of violations accountable and undertake comprehensive reform of the security sector.

📌 Attacks in Deir Hafir
The Syrian Transitional Government (STG) declared the areas of Maskana and Deir Hafer territory of military operations, both areas under control of SDF. They announced a plan to open a "humanitarian corridor" from those localities to Aleppo, and are already claiming that SDF is blocking civilians from exiting the area. A turkish drone bombed the sugar factory that was used as HQ of SDF, and heavy weapons hit residential areas of Deir Hafer. A turkish drone also hit Tabqa, tergeting an SDF vehicle that was there to provide medical treatment to injured. STG is sending military reinforcements from Latakia for those military operations. SDF is also sending reinforcements to respond to the military build up.

📌 Desinformation Campaign
SANA, the Syrian national news agency, is adopting the narrative and strategies of fake news and desinformation of the main Turkish news channels. We can also find the same twisted narratives on the Qatari funded channels of AlJazeera, blaming SDF of attacks on civilians that did not take place, or of SDF stopping civilians from evacuating from Deir Hafer. They depict the massacre that is taking place in Allepo as provoked by SDF, as if STG would rightfully have the control in all Aleppo and SDF came to disrupt it, and now finally STG 'liberated' Aleppo from SDF. Such desinformation campaign builds a narrative that justifies further tensions and attacks against the territories of the Autonomous Administration.

📌 Threat of Resurgence of ISIS in NES, in light of political instability and military escalation
SDF warn that ISIS cells are trying to make use of current military escalation, planning attempts to escape prisons in NES which would present grave risks to entire populations in Syria. So far though, the prisons are under control.

📌 STG and International Community
Al-Sharaa prepares to travel to Germany on Monday to meet with German chancellor Merz, which majorly serves to further legitimise al-Sharaa as Syrian president.
STG minister of local administration and environment participated in Global South Utilities Forum, joining financial discussions to fund the STG with development money from World Bank and from Saudi Arabia. These are efforts of STG to further establish itself as legitimate actor, consolidate power and gather finances.
German activists are already planing a demonstration against the isit of al-Sharaa in berlin, and the DAANES relations committee in US is calling for a rally tomorrow Friday in front of the white house.