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🟠Residents of Kobani face suffocating siege, attacks on countryside🔵The residents of the city of Kobani are living under a suffocating siege imposed by factions of Syria’s interim government, depriving them of the most basic necessities of daily life, including water, electricity, and internet access. At the same time, food supplies, medicines, fuel, and infant formula are rapidly running out, deepening the humanitarian crisis amid intense attacks targeting the city’s countryside.🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/residents-of-kobani-face-suffocating-siege-attacks-on-countryside)
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Dozens of civilians executed in Kobanê by the interim Syrian Regime… ……Desenes de civils kurds executats a Kobanê pel govern interí islamista sirià http://kurdiscat.blogspot.com/2026/01/la-resistencia-kurda-atura-lavanc.html?m=1
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🟠Residents of Kobani gather at border gate with N. Kurdistan🔵Large crowds from the city of Kobani gathered at the border gate to welcome residents of the Suruç district in the Urfa province of Northern Kurdistan. 🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/residents-of-kobani-gather-at-border-gate-with-n-kurdistan)
Kurdistan youth join general mobilization, call on other youths to join, stressing that broad youth participation has become a necessity to protect the existence of Rojava in the face of the ongoing attacks.🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/kurdistan-youth-join-general-mobilization-call-on-other-youths-to-join)
Islamic State, with the support of the Syrian government, raises the flag again in Raqqa http://kurdiscat.blogspot.com/2026/01/raqqa-antiga-capital-de-lestat-islamic.html
🟠Kurdish family of five killed in Raqqa
🔵Mercenaries of the interim government carried out the killing of a Kurdish family from the village of Kork, in the northeastern countryside of Kobani. The family, consisting of five members, was murdered while attempting to leave the city of Raqqa.https://t.me/enhawarnews/17798
Read more: Rojava fights back with wide support in Europe and Nth and Sth Kurdistan. US backed Syrian Jihadis free 1000’s of ISIS terrorists!
In Suruç, in Turkey, the police attacked a march towards the Kobani border, and the youth resisted. All the streets of Suruç have become a zone of resistance. Fierce clashes are taking place between the youth and the police. ➡️Follow RiseUp4Rojava: t.me/RiseUp4RojavaEng
The first measure of the Syrian government in the city of Raqqa is to prepare black clothes to cover the women who until now dressed as they wanted. The EU has just given €620 million to the Islamist governmenthttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eu-grants-syria-722-million-recovery-humanitarian-aid-von-der-leyen-says-2026-01-09/
🟠Protest at European Parliament backs Rojava
🔵The Kurdish Friendship Group in the European Parliament organized a protest action in support of Rojava and to condemn the attacks against it, calling for a ceasefire. 🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/protest-at-european-parliament-backs-rojava)
🟠SDF fighters issue urgent appeal to protect al-Aqtan prison
🔵SDF fighters continue to secure al-Aqtan prison in Raqqa, which holds ISIS mercenaries, despite it has been being besieged since six days by factions of the Syrian Interim Government.
They have issued an urgent appeal to the international powers and the coalition to provide support in the face of intensified attacks and a shortage of logistical supplies.🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/sdf-fighters-issue-urgent-appeal-to-protect-al-aqtan-prison)
Rebuda del comboi d’ajuda del la Barzani Charity Foundation del Kurdistan de l’Iraq a Qamixli, Kurdistan de Síria 22.01.2026 https://kurdiscat.blogspot.com/2026/01/la-resistencia-kurda-atura-lavanc.html?m=1
🟠Seventh batch of Youth from Southern Kurdistan arrives in Rojava
🔵The seventh batch of youth from Southern Kurdistan has arrived in Rojava in response to the call for general mobilization, in support of the people of Rojava during this sensitive phase, and to reaffirm unity and a shared destiny among the people of Kurdistan.
🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/seventh-batch-of-youth-from-southern-kurdistan-arrives-in-rojava)
🟠Cutting YPJ fighter’s braid triggers protests in Amuda
🔵A group of young women in the city of Amuda organized a protest action in response to an incident in which a mercenary cut the braid of a female fighter from the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ). The participants stressed that women’s freedom is a red line that cannot be violated.🟠Widespread women’s anger sweeps social media: “In Place of One Braid, Millions Will Grow”
🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/cutting-ypj-fighters-braid-triggers-protests-in-amuda)
Turkey has apparently supplied the forces of the Islamist-led Syrian Transitional Government (STG) with a fairly large number of armored vehicles.
While evidence of these supplies first emerged last year, the government’s recent operations against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) revealed that the number of Turkish-made armored vehicles handed over to STG forces could very well be in the hundreds. The supplies included Cobra and Cobra II armored tactical vehicles, made by Otokar, as well as Amazon mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, made by BMC Otomotiv. In addition, STG forces were supplied with Ejder 6×6 armored personnel carriers manufactured by Nurol Makina.
Read more HERE (https://southfront.press/turkey-supplied-syrian-army-with-loads-of-armored-vehicles-to-attack-kurdish-forces-videos/)
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by Ryan Grim / Alexis Daloumis at Drop Site News on Jan 21, 2026 via thefreeonline wp.me/pIJl9-HSx Telegram https://t.me/thefreeonline/5097
A year ago, as you might remember, Drop Site hosted a virtual screening of the film “Belkî Sibê,” a documentary directed by Alexis Daloumis that followed leftist Western fighters—of which he was one—who fought alongside the Kurdish-led, American-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in their battle against ISIS. Daloumis recently traveled back to the Kurdish-held area of northeastern Syria and we asked him to send us a new dispatch as the region braced for war. That war broke out in earnest in the past few days.
The Syrian government announced a four-day ceasefire on Tuesday afternoon, but attacks from militias linked to Damascus continue. ( )
Story by Alexis Daloumis
On Sunday, January 18, the text of a reported agreement between the Syrian central government based in Damascus, and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) began circulating on social media and local news channels.
The agreement was intended to be signed after a meeting between Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi in Damascus that would avert a long-feared, all-out war between the two sides.
It was wishful thinking. The meeting, and along with it the tenuous ceasefire, collapsed.
Read more: “Total War For Survival”: Syria’s SDF Showdown With Jihadi Damascus RegimeThe government had demanded full and immediate handover of SDF-held territory to its control, the disbandment of the SDF as an armed force, and liquidation of independent civil institutions—steps the SDF was unwilling to take.
Instead, local Arab tribes formerly allied to the group, which had recently switched allegiances and joined the government, pressed forward with attacks on SDF positions.
SDF officials accused Syrian government aligned forces of executing captives and vowed to resist the onslaught, with officials sharing a video that they said depicted the partial beheading of SDF fighters.
In a statement posted on social media hours after news broke of the failed talks with the Sharaa-led government, SDF spokesperson Farhad Shami indicated that the group was steeling itself for a full-blown confrontation, writing: “For our people, either a life with dignity or a death with honor.”
The SDF is a militant group that emerged from the maelstrom of the Syrian civil war and controlled at its peak roughly a third of the country’s territory under an independent political administration known as the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), which includes the area known as Rojava to the Kurds.
The DAANES, which has described itself as a democratic confederalist project inside Syria at odds with both the previous Ba’athist regime and the country’s new Sunni Islamist rulers, also attracted large numbers of left-wing and anarchist foreign fighters to its cause during its fight against the Islamic State.
At its peak, the DAANES included all territory east of the Euphrates river—home to most of Syria’s oil resources and two major dams.
Since the fall of the Assad regime just over a year ago, the new government has been pushing for the SDF to integrate itself under the Syrian Ministry of Defense and return the DAANES to centralized rule under Damascus.
Prior to the collapse of talks, al-Sharaa circulated a decree offering protection for Kurdish civil rights inside a future Syria, though the decree did not represent material changes to the Syrian constitution. ( Note: the decree was an attempt to splitntg the SDF. It was declared and signed exclusively by Sharaa/Jolani, the self appointed Turkish baacked ‘Al Qaeda’ warlord, sitting alone in his office, trumpeted in the West and ridiculed by the SDF.
The fake declaration of “Kurdish Rights” omitted the key role of women’s freedom and participation, condemijng half the popilation to social slavery. The first measure ofn tghe Jihadis on taking back Raqqa was the issue of black clothing to cover the women La UE acaba de donar 620 milions d’€ al govern islamista. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eu-grants-syria-722-million-recovery-humanitarian-aid-von-der-leyen-says-2026-01-09/
Several former SDF fighters who spoke with Drop Site described themselves as committed to fighting against attempts by Damascus to reintegrate them and expressed suspicion and hostility towards the country’s new rulers, particularly in the wake of bitter fighting between Damascus and Kurdish groups in Aleppo earlier this year and previous massacres targeting Druze and Alawite minorities in the country.
“The current Syrian interim government has through its actions proven its murderous mentality,” said Serafin, a former SDF fighter based in the city of Hasakeh, who declined to give a full name for security reasons. “If a total war for survival were to break out on this land we live on tomorrow, whether we like it or not, we would have to take up arms again to defend our people and our land.”
European cities and the four parts of Kurdistan witnessed massive demonstrations in solidarity with Rojava, condemning the attacks of the Syrian Interim Government’s mercenaries, and demanding a halt of the attacks and the protection of the civilians.
The Trump administration has reportedly been involved in efforts to broker another detente between Damascus and the SDF. On late Monday, President Trump reportedly held a phone call with Sharaa to discuss the deteriorating situation. According to a readout of the call, “both sides emphasized the need to guarantee the Kurdish people’s rights and protection within the framework of the Syrian state,” adding that they also “affirmed the importance of preserving the unity and independence of Syrian territory.”
🔵🟠Kongra Star members announce their joining general mobilization. The Kongra Star members confirmed their joining the general mobilization, and stressed the continuation of their struggle in the squares, supporting the forces, and defending the region against the attacks of the Interim Government’s mercenaries.🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/kongra-star-members-announce-their-joining-general-mobilization)
The lack of U.S. commitment to defending the SDF foothold in the country has embittered many former allies who fought with the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS. “The international coalition betrayed us. We were retreating from the Arab majority regions to not have a big war between Arab and Kurdish people, but now they will see our real war,” Mahir Bakirciyan, a former SDF field commander who took part in the anti-ISIS war, told Drop Site.
Kurdish political leaders aligned with the SDF and other factions have also alleged that Turkey, which has been pushing aggressively for the reassertion of Syrian government control over the DAANES, played a role in the present breakdown of ties between Damascus and the SDF. Turkey enjoys close ties with Damascus and views the SDF as a hostile force aligned with the Turkish-based PKK movement.
On January 11, Sipan Hemo, a senior SDF commander, claimed in public comments that a “foreign actor” had disrupted a meeting between SDF and Syrian government officials in Damascus earlier in January and reversed progress towards an agreement between the two sides.
🟠Syrian Women demand protection for civilians and end to massacres 🔵Women in Raqqa Canton and those forcibly displaced from the occupied areas of Afrin and Shahba called for the protection of civilians, an end to violations and massacres against various Syrian communities, and the guarantee of their rights in the new Syria.🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/syrian-women-demand-protection-for-civilians-and-end-to-massacres)🔔 HAWAR NEWS AGENCY #ANHA
Drop Site News spoke with Kurdish political figures who blamed Syrian officials closely aligned with Turkey for interrupting the talks at the behest of Ankara.
Ismet Akkurt, a member of the Kurdistan National Congress, claimed that Turkish pressure on Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani had paused talks between the two sides on January 4 and prevented the signing of an agreement that may have averted a conflict.
Akkurt further speculated that ongoing talks in Paris mediated by the U.S. between Syria, Israel, and Turkey just days before the outbreak of fighting in Aleppo had also resulted in a green light for Syrian attacks on SDF positions in the country. “We cannot separate the meeting in Damascus and the meeting held in Paris between Israel, the US, Syria, and Turkey from the Aleppo attack,” he said.
In the initial stages of the government offensive, several tribal groups that had allied with the SDF during the war switched sides, leading to a rapid loss of territory including in major urban centers like Raqqa. Adding to the chaotic situation, reports have emerged of the release of ISIS-linked prisoners from facilities formerly controlled by the SDF—a major concern of the U.S. military which has allied with both the SDF, and more recently Syria’s new rulers in Damascus, to prevent a resurgence by the group.
Inside the remaining cities held under SDF control, a sense of grim acceptance that an escalated conflict is inevitable has begun to take hold.
“A full-scale war in the region seems inevitable at this stage. We don’t know who would win such a war, but the losers would certainly be the people of the region,” said Berxwedan, another former SDF fighter living in Hasakah, and lamented the impact of the climate of uncertainty on the region even before the current crisis.
“Many people we know are afraid to even invest in their own land. Because of the intense migration, permanent investment is not a wise option; people are forced to position themselves in their own countries in a way that allows them to mobilize quickly.”
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) released footage showing the moment militants of the Interim Government removed ISIS detainees from Al-Shaddadi prison.The SDF confirmed that Al-Shaddadi Prison is no longer under their control, noting that despite the prison being only two kilometers away from the International Coalition base, the coalition did not intervene despite repeated calls. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) confirmed that clashes around Al-Aqtan Prison in the city of Raqqa are still ongoing, and that these clashes have resulted in the martyrdom of 9 of its fighters and the injury of 20 others..🔵
While the Syrian government presses forward with what may be intended as a final offensive against the SDF, other people living in the DAANES say that they will enlist to defend themselves—partly out of fear after witnessing the actions of government-aligned militias that previously targeted Alawites and Druze minorities in the country, some of whom have since fled to SDF-held territory.
“After what we’ve seen in Suwayda and the coast I’m very worried that the Damascus government will do the same to our people in Ashrafiyah and Sheikh Maksoud,” Kadrokh, a 27-year-old in the DAANES living in the city of Qamislo told Drop Site weeks before the current outbreak of fighting.
“I can see a possibility of total war between SDF and the Damascus government, if they murder our people in Aleppo,” he said. “I don’t wish for a war here or any place in Syria. But when war is knocking on your door you must fight.”
Ignoring the Ceasefire islamist gangs are rampaging into Rojava, capturing Raqqa, Tabqa, the Tishreen Dam, etc.
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This leads to joint ex Al Qaeda led and ISIS death squads intent on genocide of the Kurds especially the free women. And now with Western backing Paid, equipped and directed via Turkey.
NOW is the last time for us supporters to put on any pressure possible!
🟠Syrian Women demand protection for civilians and end to massacres
🔵Women in Raqqa Canton and those forcibly displaced from the occupied areas of Afrin and Shahba called for the protection of civilians, an end to violations and massacres against various Syrian communities, and the guarantee of their rights in the new Syria.
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🔵European cities and the four parts of Kurdistan witnessed massive demonstrations in solidarity with Rojava, condemning the attacks of the Syrian Interim Government’s mercenaries, and demanding a halt of the attacks and the protection of the civilians.
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Kobanê is under attack!🤯🤯
After the Tishreen Dam and the Arabic towns of Ayn Issa and Sirrin fell into the hands of the jihadist gangs, the frontline reached Kobanê.
The city which stopped ISIS in 2014 and became the turning point leading to the territorial defeat of ISIS later is under siege again. Kobanê is encircled by the Turkish border on the one side, on the other the jihadist gangs are approaching.
The jihadist gangs of the Jolani-regime are now attacking the Aqtan Prison in Raqqa. The aim is to free thousands of ISIS prisoners. The prison is attacked with drones and heavy weapons. The resistance to repel the attack continues strong.
The massacres the Jolani-regime committed in other parts of Syria are continuing right now, targeting especially women and women fighters.
The SDF, YPJ, and Internal Security Forces responded to all of these attacks and the resistance continues.
via thefreeonline athttps://wp.me/pIJl9-HRm on 18/01/26
In Rojava the general mobilization has been declared and everyone is ready to resist. As internationalists we also call for mobilization in Europe, Abya Yala and all around the world: For all people struggling for freedom to rise up now to defend the revolution in every way we can.
The revolution that rose against the Assad regime, took down the caliphate of ISIS and became a beacon of hope can succeed over the same mentality once again.
The revolutionary strength comes not from any outside force, but its the strength of the united people, of us. We are calling everyone to gather around the self-defense forces.
We are rising up proclaiming “Resistance is Life!”
Take action against the responsibles of this war! Block, Disturb, Occupy!
Long live the revolution of Rojava!
Jin, Jiyan, Azadî!❤️🔥✌️
Huge convoy with vehicles and weapons belonging to the self-proclaimed Islamic Syrian Government (HTS) is storming the city of Raqqa with the help of Islamic State cells. https://kurdiscat.blogspot.com/2026/01/lautoproclamat-govern-siria-obre-un.html
The self-proclaimed interim president of Syria, Al Jolani of Al Qaeda, announces a ceasefire agreement with the SDF… which he signed alone http://kurdiscat.blogspot.com/2026/01/raqqa-antiga-capital-de-lestat-islamic.html.
Before ordering the Blitz on the Autonomous Area (DAA) the US backed dictator Jolani announced his cosmetic recognition if some Kurdish civil rights, while rejecting the entire DAA Constitution, thus condemning all women to jihadi slavery.
Update NES/Rojava 18.01. 18:00 CET
According to latest reports HTS is in control of the city and has proclaimed control over the Tepqa dam as well. A Video of the dropping of a statue of a Women Fighter, a symbol for the Women’s fight against ISIS show the mentality of the Islamist gangs.
After sleeper cells loyal to HTS have been seen in a central place creating turmoil it was reported that HTS entered the city form the south. YPJ snipers have been targeting roaming Jihadists from different positions throughout the city
Clashes with HTS elements and ISIS sleeper cells in the city have been ongoing. The coming hours may decide on the fate of the city. Enemy claims that the city has been conquered are not representing the situation on the ground. SDF and YPJ are active in the city targeting Islamists with ambushes and sniper fire.
Fierce resistance against Turkish backed islamists
Attacks are continuing around the dam. Attempts to take over the strategical positions called Suritell Hill have been foiled by the SDF and YPJ. The attacking forces were targeted with heavy weapons and drones. After a tactical retreat Islamist gangs have taken position in the village of Khirbet al-Zamala close to the Tishrin Dam.
Ceasefire between the SDF and the Jolani-Regime?
According to Ronahî TV some kind of agreement was made between the SDF and the Jolani-Regime in Damascus. Until further statement it remains unclear what conditions were agreed on. Fighting continues in the meantime on all fronts and earlier ceasefires have not led to an end of escalation.
Troops and mercenaries of the self-proclaimed Islamic Syrian Government (HTS) are storming the city of Raqqa with the help of Islamic State cells https://kurdiscat.blogspot.com/2026/01/lautoproclamat-govern-siria-obre-un.html
🔵 An agreement was announced between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian Interim Government for a comprehensive ceasefire and full integration, following political meetings in Hawler and Damascus under U.S. sponsorship. Officials confirmed that mechanisms for implementation will be discussed later and that dialogue will continue to resolve existing disputes.
Update NES/Rojava 18.01. 22:00 CET
After a “ceasefire agreement” was announced by the Jolani regime and circulated on social media Mazlum Abdî confirmed in a television speech that a temporary ceasefire has been agreed on and that the SDF will pull back from Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor to the south of Hassakah to prevent further civilian casualties.
Tomorrow (19/01) a high level meeting between the SDF and the Jolani regime will be taking place in which according to Abdî further negotiations will be held.
At the end of his speech he underlined that “The achievements of the Revolution will be defended.”
Meanwhile Jolani’s visit to Berlin, Germany was postponed.
Still during the evening ambushes and sniper fire has been reported from Raqqa and also in the southern Shedadî countryside HTS/SNA/ISIS have been confronted by the SDF and YPG effectively.
Remzi Kartel, Kongra Gel Co-Chair appeared on television earlier today and was showing a clear stance regarding the demands that have been circulating:
“Any arrangement imposed on Rojava that excludes democratic integration and autonomy is unacceptable. The military situation in Rojava will not be the same as in Tabqa or Aleppo.”
KCK in a statement called to stand firm against the ongoing attacks on Rojava and North & East Syria and compared the current situation to the siege of Kobanê: “’The Spirit of Resistance of Kobanê Must Rise!”
by Ahmad Ibsais at https://ahmadibsais.substack.com via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-HQM on Jan 15, 2026.Telegram t.me/thefreeonline/5035
When Mossad went on 60 Minutes and described their work as creating “pretend worlds,” when their official said straight to camera that “we are a global production company,” most Americans probably didn’t think too hard about what gets produced in their own country.
Maybe they should have, because right now we’re all living in what appears to be a very expensive production where American politicians compete to see who can be more servile to a foreign government while their own voters are literally begging them to stop.
Something is breaking on the American right over Israel, and the lazy analysis calls it antisemitism because that’s what the lazy analysis always calls it, the same way “antisemitism” gets deployed every time anyone notices that maybe spending billions on another country’s military while Flint still doesn’t have clean water is a choice someone made.
But this isn’t about antisemitism, it’s about the internal logic of Trumpism finally hitting the one exception it was never supposed to question, and watching that collision in real time is genuinely fascinating if you can get past how depressing it is.
You can’t spend a decade running on “America First”, can’t build an entire political movement on ending forever wars and draining the swamp and putting American interests above everything else, can’t make that the core promise to your base, and then carve out one country that gets unconditional support no matter what it does, no matter how badly it conflicts with American interests, no matter how many children get turned into statistics, and expect that exception to hold forever.
Eventually someone in the room is going to ask why Israel gets to be different, and once that question gets asked out loud the whole edifice starts wobbling because there’s no answer that works within the framework you’ve built.
Tucker Carlson is out here talking about dead Palestinians on his show now, just saying it like it’s a normal thing to discuss rather than a career-ending thought crime.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, who built her entire career being Trump’s most unhinged cheerleader, who seemed constitutionally incapable of disagreeing with him about anything, is calling what’s happening in Gaza a genocide and saying:
She’s using the actual word genocide, which you’re not supposed to say about Israel even when Israel is doing things that look exactly like genocide, and she’s saying it anyway because apparently her read of her own base is that they’re more angry about funding this than they are scared of AIPAC.
Steve Bannon is questioning the relationship. These aren’t college professors or DSA members or people you can dismiss as the usual suspects who were always soft on terrorism or whatever this week’s talking point is.
These are people who define what the MAGA base thinks, what they’re willing to say out loud, what they’re willing to die on hills over, and they’re all suddenly questioning the one thing you weren’t supposed to question. The nationalist movement that promised to put America first is finally asking why there’s a country that comes before America in America First, and it turns out that question doesn’t have a good answer.
The polling backs this up in ways that should terrify anyone whose career depends on the old consensus holding.
Half of Republicans under fifty now have an unfavorable view of Israel. Half. That’s a fifteen-point jump in just three years, from 2022 to 2025, which is roughly the same speed at which Republican support for the Iraq War collapsed once everyone figured out we’d been lied into it by many of the same people now demanding unconditional support for Israel.
For a political movement that spent decades treating support for Israel as non-negotiable as opposing abortion or hating taxes, this is the kind of earthquake that reshapes everything.
Americans are seeing the bombs drop and the buildings collapse and the children die, all of it funded by American weapons and American money and defended by American politicians who keep saying Israel “has a right to defend itself” as if that phrase still means anything after this many dead civilians.
They’re watching Biden and then Trump compete to show who can debase themselves more thoroughly for Netanyahu, who can roll out a redder carpet, who can offer more unconditional support, while poll after poll shows American voters want it to stop.
The gap between what people are seeing with their own eyes and what their government is doing in their name has become impossible to ignore, and once you can’t ignore it anymore you start asking uncomfortable questions about why.
But here’s the thing, Gaza didn’t create this fracture, it just made it visible. The contradiction was always there baked into the logic of Trumpism, sitting there waiting for the right catalyst to expose it. You can’t promise to end foreign wars and then support this one.
You can’t promise to drain the swamp and then take money from AIPAC. You can’t promise America First and then put Israel first. Eventually the math stops mathing and people notice.
They’re everything the populist right claims to hate about politics: foreign influence, billionaire control, establishment crushing outsiders, unaccountable power, the swamp in its purest form. And they’re not even subtle about it anymore, they’re just openly buying elections and bragging about it.
Continue reading ““I don’t want to pay for genocide in a foreign country … for a war that I had nothing to do with.””Besieged In Hospital, Kurds Fight To Death As Jihadi State Regime massacres Kurdish district- Drones Hit back at regime Army HQs –
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“…they have to cross over our dead bodies…” 📹 The footage shows a Kurdish fighter saying that the Kurdish forces remain in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsud
The forces of Syria’s Islamist-led ‘Interim’ Jihadi terrorist Regime took control of Ashrafieh and much of neighboring Sheikh Maqsoud by January 11, besieging Kurdish fighters affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Khaled Fajr Hospital and nearby areas in the latter neighborhood in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo-
Turkey declared support for killing these “Kurdish Terrorists” in Aleppo
Jihadi Regime forces advanced in the two Kurdish neighborhoods rapidly overnight, forcing Kurdish fighters to retreat to the hospital, which was struck more than once since the start of the battle, killing patients and staff.
Amid the clashes in Sheikh Maqsoud, multiple fixed-wing suicide drones attacked Aleppo city, with one hitting the governro’s building and another hitting the military intelligence headquarters.
Tens of thousands of Kurds are trying to cross Syria to stand as human shields against the Jihadi regime massacre in their district in Aleppo
State media said that the drones were launched from the town of Deir Hafer in the eastern Aleppo countryside by the SDF, but the group denied any involvement. SANA said that four people were wounded.
Read more HERE (https://southfront.press/besieged-in-hospital-kurds-fight-to-death-as-their-drones-hit-syrian-army-hqs-in-aleppo-videos/)
🔵Clashes continued in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, where the Internal Security Forces responded to attacks by militants of the so-called “Interim Government”.🌐More (https://hawarnews.com/en/violent-clashes-in-aleppos-sheikh-maqsoud-neighborhood-heavy-losses-among-mercenaries)
The attackers on the civilian Kurdish neighbourhoods are led by the extreme jihadi and Al Qaeda factions backed, trained, paid and equipped by occupying Turkey, with apparent US (and Israeli) permission.. The confrontations yesterday however resulted in heavy losses among the mercenaries.
As with the ongoing Gaza genocide Donald Trump can stop the massacre with JUST ONE PHONE CALL, as the Syrian ‘government’ is completely depenjdant on the present US cancellation of the crippling Caesar Sanctions, etc.
By abandoning its long standing allies, the anti-ISIS, Kurdish led, and anti-capitalist Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US cynically nods an OKAY to the extermination of large minority and religious communities, as well as total abnegation of women`s freedom.
Trump and his BFF Netanyahu made an agreement to give Israel contriol over southern Syria and allow the Aleppo massacre of autonomy seeking Kurds, Next day the Jolani ex Al Qaeda reginme began the massive onslaught on the Kurdish districts in Aleppo city.
Instead Trump (and the ‘West’) backs a terrorist ex Al Qaeda led Sunni state, controlled militarily between Israel and Turkey, and wide open to corruption, neo liberal exploitation, money laundering, and capitaliust looting, following the Ukrainian and Israeli playbook.
see also yesterday’s post: 100,000 Kurds flee- Syrian Govt tanks repulsed in Kurdish areas -Aleppo 3rd day – The Free↗thefreeonline.com/2026/0
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Clashes raged between the forces of Syria’s Islamist-led Interim Government and fighters affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh in Aleppo on January 9, with reports indicating that the death toll from the battle in the northern Syrian city has risen 50.
The hospital this morning. video still
The early morning saw a temporary ceasefire declared between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m. with the government, which also sent buses to the entrance of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh claiming that an agreement was reached with the SDF to withdraw Kurdish fighters from there.
However, the stunt failed, with the general council of the two neighborhoods later issuing a statement rejecting calls to surrender.
Read more HERE (https://southfront.press/50-killed-in-aleppo-battle-as-kurds-vow-to-defend-their-neighborhoods-from-syrian-army-videos/)
Residents of NE, Syria: we will not retreat from supporting our resistance
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on January 10 accused Turkey of joining the ongoing attacks on its forces by the Islamist-led Interim Government, as its last fighters withdrew from the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
In a statement, the Kurdish-led group said that a Turkish Bayraktar Akıncı combat drone bombed one of its positions near al-Thawra oil field to the south of the city of Tabqah in the southern Raqqa countryside.
The SDF also accused government forces of arresting dozens of men who left Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood after separating them from their families.
In a revealing video, government fighters are seen throwing a female Kurdi desh fighter from the balcony of a damaged building in Sheikh Maqsoud.
Read more HERE (https://southfront.press/syrian-government-forces-capture-dozens-of-kurds-throw-fighter-off-building-in-aleppo-videos/)
🔵 Provisional Government mercenaries in Syria carried out a brutal massacre in the city of Deir Hafer, killing three children and an elderly man.
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🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬Another statement released shortly after by the SDF said, “Our fighters managed to destroy three tanks belonging to the Damascus government militias while they were shelling Khaled Al-Fajr Hospital in the western part of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood.”
It further added that attacks are still ongoing with “intense tank shelling and direct targeting by Turkish Bayraktar drones, which keep striking the hospital crowded with wounded civilians, in a dangerous escalation that threatens the lives of civilians and medical personnel.”
see also yesterday’s post: 100,000 Kurds flee- Syrian Govt tanks repulsed in Kurdish areas -Aleppo 3rd day – The Free↗thefreeonline.com/2026/0
Attacks escalate in the nth Syrian Aleppo by the Islamist-led Interim Govt factions and fighters affiliated with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Damascus reportedly to go to war against the Kurdish-led autonomy..
by southfront.press, hawarnews, thefreeonline, https://wp.me/pIJl9-HP3 on 8 Jan 2026
Civilians carry their bags and belongings as they flee clashes between the Syrian army and the SDF in Aleppo, Syria, on January 8, 2026
🔵The Kurdistan Women’s Union (KJK)affirmed that the attacks on the residents of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh, and Bani Zaid in Aleppo are an extension of the attacks carried out against Alawites and Druze, and that they represent an assault on the Kurdish people in particular. They called on all peoples to declare general mobilization against these genocidal attacks t.me/enhawarnews✅
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