SDF commander Mazloum Abdi said his efforts to work toward de-escalation and a ceasefire continue, with the help of international parties, calling on “the people to rally around their sons, our fighters, and show courage and faith,” as he put it. In an interview with the Kurdish Hawar News Agency, …

The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the governing arm of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), called for self-defense, general mobilization, and taking up arms to support its forces in response to an offensive by the Syrian army on its areas. In a statement issued today, Sunday, January 18, …

Toplines Russian forces are reportedly preparing to conduct long-range strikes against substations powering Ukraine’s nuclear power plants. Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on January 17 that Russia is considering strikes on electricity transmission substations on which Ukrainian nuclear power plants depend to operate.[1] …