Military map. Kurds live in the far north; the southernmost part of Hasaka where Kurds live is in the city of Hasaka (as far as I know), approximately 30% of the population. Deir Ezzor: Arabs only. Brk. Syria TV: Mazloum Abdi and US envoy Barrack travel to Damascus to meet with Ahmad al-Sharaa.

The #joy of residents at the liberation of the city of al-Tabqa from the #SDF.

Bridges over the Euphrates in Deir Ezzor blown up? A government vehicle crosses the river like this:

Syria TV: 40 towns/villages in Eastern Deir Ezzor under the control of Arab tribesmen (hundreds of thousands of whom have fled to Europe in recent years, especially Germany, Austria and the Netherlands).

Unbelievable..

The (Arab) leader of the SDF in Basira, Eastern Deir Ezzor defects with his men. The SDF could maintain control and rule with an iron fist thanks to American weapons and support, but it is deeply unpopular among all Arabs, incl many Kurds. It's kind of imploding. www.instagram.com/reel/DTpH8jt...

A full-scale intifada going on against the PKK, Assad, and Iran, which founded YPG/ and (till so far), supported by the US. My biggest criticism: They still hold approx 500 mainly Kurdish children kidnapped in their military camps, along with many other innocent people in their (secret) prisons.

Syria TV: Tribal fighters control the center district of (Arab) Markada, in southern Hasaka governorate. Wow.

The city of Hajin, which was a gathering center for the #SDF/#PKK organization in the Deir ez-Zor countryside, has been liberated.

In eastern Deir Ezzor, tribesmen are liberating village after village from the SDF They h been trying to do this since 2019, but have been violently suppressed each time Many, if not most, of these young men have fled to Germany, the Netherlands, or Austria bcuz of forced conscription into the SDF

Look at the young Kurds SDF uses. www.instagram.com/reel/DTnuH5Y...

The Syrian army advances towards Raqqa.

Raqqa might fall tonight..

Too many developments ...tribesmen in eastern Deir Ezzor (SDF territory) are escalating against the SDF.

Horrible.

The SDF is firing mortars at residential areas in Deir Ezzor City (which is in Syrian government area)

SDF is fleeing from Raqqa... Unbelievable.

Syrian Army: We control the strategic city of Tabqa. Will Raqqa follow?

As Rasmussen says: “the world’s attention is now focused on something that does not represent a threat — namely Greenland, a friendly ally of the US — instead of focusing on what should be the focal point right now: namely, how can we force Putin to the negotiation table in Ukraine?”

Just a reminder: in the areas where the Syrian army is now advancing—including the Aleppo neighbourhoods—the SDF has NOT been fighting ISIS.

PKK leaders and former regime officials are located in the SDF-held territory. The Americans know of course.

If you think Trump will stop once you give him Greenland, you clearly haven’t been paying attention.

Syria TV asked the head of US - Syria relations in Damascus if the US is supportive of how the Syrian army is dealing with the SDF. The answer was: correct.

Is Syrian lawyer Kutaiba al-Kteit (The Hague - Aleppo) on Blue Sky? And Syrian researcher Samir Abdalla? These are two Syrians I know personally and who can finally visit their home..

So many joyful scenes from eastern Aleppo—Arabs finally reunited with relatives after years apart. And yet some newspapers still insist these are “Kurdish towns.” SDF propaganda in the West outperforms Israeli propaganda by a wide margin..

Residents of the town of Ghanem al-Ali in the eastern countryside of #Raqqa welcome the #Syrian #Arab #Army.

SDF members surrendering... most likely Arabs. Many were only joining to have an income, or were forcibly recruited. www.instagram.com/reel/DTnj_TF...

Ahmed Reunites with His Family After a Decade of Separation. Ahmed, a young man from the town of Maskanah in the Aleppo countryside, was arrested by Assad’s militias and detained at the Palestine Branch prison, where he was forcibly separated from his family for ten long years.

Corresp Syria TV: The Syrian army has taken control of Tabqa military airport.

Syria TV reports that the SDF military operation room is leaving Tabqa.

An excellent observation from a commentator on Syria TV: a weakness in the SDF is exposed, local members (Arabs) defect, while the leadership and PKK members withdraw and some continue to fight.

The Syrian army has announced its control of two oil fields near Raqqa. This is also a key point: the SDF is unwilling to share the resources in northeast Syria with the rest of the Syrian population, not even with the inhabitants of their own areas. Services are practically nonexistent and have..

This area was captured by the SDF during the brief power vacuum that arose when the regime withdrew after the fall of Aleppo in late November 2024.

The Syrian army has declared the area between Tabqa and Ma'dan a closed military zone (red, West Euphrates). Clashes have been reported in this area between the Syrian army on one side and the PKK & the former Assad regime on the other.

Maskana:

BREAKING — The Syrian Ministry of Defense: PKK forces targeted Syrian Arab Army forces in the town of Dibsi Afnan, west of Raqqa Governorate, with suicide drones, resulting in the death of two soldiers.

People are returning to Deir Hafir.

Syria TV: Syrian army convoys are poised to enter Tabqa, west of Raqqa, still on the western Euphrates. Meanwhile, negotiations are taking place in Erbil; KRI's Barzani, US's Barrack & SDF's Abdi.

#Kurdish celebrations begin in #Afrin following the issuance of the presidential decree concerning them.

Hundreds of #SDF members surrender themselves to the #Syrian #Arab #Army.

Quote of the day from yesterday: Former FSA military leader in Aleppo, Abdel Jabar al-Akeidi, makes an excellent point here. If Mazloum Abdi is serious about joining the Syrian army, he should arrest Mihraç Ural and all other wanted former regime officers in SDF territory.

Residents of the village of Abu Maqbara in the Deir Hafer countryside express their joy at the entry of the #Syrian #Arab #Army into their village.

The Syrian army says that groups of PKK fighters are still hiding in villages and are fighting. If true, it appears (once again) that Mazloum Abdi does not have full control over the SDF. Something similar happened in Aleppo.

The Syrian army has now entered the east part of Raqqa Governorate, also an Arab tribal area that considers itself occupied by the SDF.

Syia TV: The moment the Syrian army reached the entrance of Deir Hafir.

Brk. Mazloum Abdi: The SDF will withdraw its troops from Deir Hafer and Maskana tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. This comes after US pressure today of course..

A Syrian Kurdish activist from Aleppo sent me this... This is huge.

On Thursday, the Syrian army gave civilians around SDF-held Deir Hafer a deadline to leave the area. SDF denied claims they were restricting civilians from leaving, but announced the closure of all crossings in Tabqa, Raqqa, and Deir Ezzor. @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/news/syria-p...