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CENTCOM: From December 30 to January 6, CENTCOM and Iraqi forces conducted multiple strikes in the Hamrin mountains of Iraq, targeting known ISIS locations. During the operations, ISIS fighters engaged Coalition forces on several occasions, resulting in the employment of Coalition air strikes, using F-16s, F-15s, and A-10s. The A-10s tasked to support ground forces in the area were successful in eliminating the ISIS fighters within a cave. One Coalition member was killed and two were wounded from two different nations. There were no injuries to U.S. personnel or damage to U.S. equipment. From January 2 to January 3, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), enabled by CENTCOM forces, conducted a D-ISIS operation near Dayr az-Zawr, Syria, resulting in the capture of an ISIS attack cell leader

An airstrike a shop next to a bakery in the village of Bir Nayef in the western countryside of Raqqa.

3 SDF tanks damaged as a result of raids by Turkish warplanes on the M4 road near the town of Ain Issa and Tishreen Dam in the eastern countryside of Aleppo

Turkish military carried out artillery strikes on villages in the southern countryside of Kobane

Sporadic clashes continue in the area of Tishreen Dam

France President Macron says "we will not abandon" Kurdish fighters in Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister: New Syrian Administration Can Take Over ISIS Prisons in Syria

Jordanian Foreign Minister: We want Syria to regain its security, stability, sovereignty and unity

Turkish Foreign Minister: We discussed with the Jordanian delegation ways to enhance stability in Syria

SDF continue to target Turkish-backed forces around Qara Qozak bridge

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announces the killing of two PKK militants in an operation targeting them in the Hakurk region in northern Iraq.

Urmia, northwest Iran: Retirees of Telecommunication Company (TCI) of Iran resume weekly rallies, protesting the company's transfer to corrupt owners and demanding higher pensions and other basic rights

Demonstrations in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo organized by Kurdish civilians to demand the withdrawal of the SDF militia from the neighborhood. The SDF confronted the protesters with gunfire to disperse them and launched a wide-scale arrest campaign

SNA targets SDF positions around the town of Ain Issa in the northern countryside of Raqqa with artillery shells.

Turkey bombed the electric station of Jarniya 5 times

There are violent clashes between the Turkish-backed SNA Forces and the SDF on the Tishrin Dam line

The SDF forces in Najm Castle, destroyed a Dushka vehicle belonging to the Turkish-backed forces, amid ongoing clashes in Najm Castle and Khirbet Rus village located in the countryside of Manbij

Turkish warplanes bombed the Tishrin Dam and its surroundings 5 times and the Derhafir area 3 times. The bombardment continues

Turkish-backed armed groups hit SDF targets in the villages of Um El Keyf and Kuzaliya on the Tel Tamr line with artillery fire

Turkish raids target SDF sites near the sugar factory in the countryside of Maskanah, east of Aleppo

"Turkish warplanes bombed the city of Deir Hafer and its countryside and Tishreen Dam and its vicinity, southeast of Manbij city. The warplanes are still flying over the area", -SDF Media Center says

The Turkish airforce is currently carrying out several airstrikes in the vicinity of Tishreen dam and the countryside of Manbij

Pentagon says US has "no plans to build a base in Kobane" in NE Syria. Despite local reports, @DepPentPressSec Sabrina Singh tells reporters she's "not aware" and "not tracking" any US troop movements, efforts there

US says it has no plans to build a military base in Kobane, northern Syria

Clashes between SDF and Turkish-backed armed groups on Deir Hafir axis

An airstrike targeted a center in the town of Al-Hurriya, northwest of Raqqa, which is considered a military supply line and a resting point for fighters of SDF militia on the Manbij front

An airstrike targets the positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia in the village of Al-Hurriya in the countryside of Raqqa

Syrian Observatory: 24 killed in battles between Turkish-backed armed factions and Syrian Democratic Forces in Manbij

Turkish-backed SNA forces took control of the village of Al-Sa'ideen and the strategic Syriatel hill near Tishreen Dam in the countryside of Manbij.

SDF Press: The forces of the Manbij Military Council successfully repelled the attacks of the Turkish-backed groups along the axes of Al-Atshana and Al-Mastaha villages, south of Manbij city. In the Abu Qalqal axis, SDF forces countered another attack, during which a BMP armored vehicle was destroyed near the village of Alloush, a tank was damaged, and dozens of fighters were eliminated or injured in the clashes.