Syria Daily News Briefing for 2026-01-08

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• ⚔️ Aleppo witnessed a serious security escalation as the SDF targeted city neighborhoods with artillery and mortar shells, causing civilian casualties, injuries, and damage to service and educational facilities. Schools and universities were closed, residents displaced via humanitarian corridors, and the state responded with military operations and curfews. Civil defense assisted in evacuations. Ten deaths and 88 injuries were reported. The government reaffirmed its responsibility to restore security and called on SDF members to defect and surrender their weapons. - [Source 1], [Source 2], [Source 3], [Source 4], [Source 5], [Source 6], [Source 7], [Source 8], [Source 9], [Source 10], [Source 11], [Source 12], [Source 13], [Source 14], [Source 15], [Source 16], [Source 17], [Source 18], [Source 19], [Source 20], [Source 21], [Source 22], [Source 23], [Source 24], [Source 25], [Source 26], [Source 27], [Source 28], [Source 29], [Source 30], [Source 31], [Source 32], [Source 33], [Source 34], [Source 35], [Source 36], [Source 37], [Source 38], [Source 39], [Source 40], [Source 41], [Source 42], [Source 43], [Source 44], [Source 45], [Source 46], [Source 47], [Source 48], [Source 49], [Source 50], [Source 51], [Source 52], [Source 53], [Source 54], [Source 55], [Source 56], [Source 57], [Source 58], [Source 59], [Source 60], [Source 61], [Source 62], [Source 63], [Source 64], [Source 65], [Source 66], [Source 67], [Source 68], [Source 69], [Source 70], [Source 71], [Source 72], [Source 73], [Source 74], [Source 75], [Source 76], [Source 77], [Source 78], [Source 79], [Source 80], [Source 81], [Source 82], [Source 83], [Source 84], [Source 85], [Source 86], [Source 87], [Source 88]
• 🚨 The Counter-Terrorism Branch in Daraa arrested Mohammad Khair Fawzi Al-Ali, formerly affiliated with Military Security, for his involvement in criminal activities and extortion of Sheikh Miskin residents, and referred him to the judiciary. - [Source]
• 🌍 Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan called on the SDF to abandon separatist tendencies, expressed concern about their recent attacks in Aleppo, and reaffirmed Turkey’s support for Syria’s unity and a state-based settlement. - [Source 1], [Source 2], [Source 3]
• 🚨 The Internal Security Forces conducted a security operation in Al-Wuroud neighborhood, Rural Damascus, arresting several outlaws. - [Source]
• 🤝 “Jabr Al-Khawater” campaign continued distributing 4,000 winter coats to children in Douma, Rural Damascus. - [Source]
• 💰 Tartous Transport Directorate earned more than 19.9 billion SYP and completed about 96,000 transactions in 2025. - [Source]
• 🚨 An SDF unit targeted internal security forces’ positions in Al-Buleil town in eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside with heavy machine guns, according to a security source. - [Source]
• 🚨 Israeli occupation forces arrested four youths after advancing into northern Quneitra countryside and set up a checkpoint, violating the 1974 disengagement agreement. Syria demanded the withdrawal of occupation forces and called on the international community to act. - [Source]
• 💰 A delegation from the Ministry of Economy and Industry attended a course on diversification and industrial policy in Abu Dhabi to exchange expertise and build industrial visions. - [Source]
• 💰 The Central Bank of Syria confirmed the ongoing replacement of old currency with new at all banks, including Saturdays, within the 90-day period set by Decree 293 of 2025, and urged citizens to report any violations. - [Source]