Geopolitics Watch

19 January 2026 00:46

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — The official entry of Syrian Army forces into ar-Raqqah, signifying its official capture. This video is taken from central Raqqah.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 21:39

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Dozens of bodies of women and children discovered after SDF massacres in al-Hasakah.

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18 January 2026 21:31

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — In response, there is now a mobilisation of tribal forces towards al-Hasakah.

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18 January 2026 21:12

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾— SDF burn down the Musab Bin Umayr school in ar-Raqqah.

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18 January 2026 20:59

⚫️ ❌🇲🇱— JNIM ambush a convoy of the Malian Army today in Kayes region, seizing vehicles and equipment.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 19:15

⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 - The IDF has received the 3 new "F-35I Adir" Stealth fighter jets, landing at the "Nevatim" Airbase earlier today.

The Jets join the "140th" & "166th" squadrons.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 17:55

🇺🇸 — USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group reaches Singapore Strait. It will likely take around five days for the CSG to be in strike range of Iran.

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18 January 2026 17:38

❗️🇸🇾🇸🇾 — Syria-SDF ceasefire, Syrian Democratic Forces agrees to integrate with the Syrian Ministry of Defense.

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18 January 2026 16:00

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾— SDF official media release a stolen video from Afghanistan, claiming it to be from them today.

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18 January 2026 15:11

🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸❌🇬🇱– Bild reports that the German government has quietly withdrawn the troops it had sent to Greenland

➡️This comes after US President Trump imposed tariffs on members who sent troops to Greenland

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 14:27

🇸🇾🇸🇾 ❌ 🇸🇾 — Men, women, children and elderly being freed from SDF prisons in Raqqah.

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18 January 2026 13:15

🇸🇾🇸🇾 ❌ 🇸🇾— Chaos has descended upon ar-Raqqah, with tribal militiamen shooting at SDF positions across the city.

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18 January 2026 11:57

🇸🇾🇺🇸🤝🇸🇾🇺🇸 — SDF head Mazloom Abdi reportedly arrived in Damascus in order to meet Ahmad al-Sharaa and US Envoy Tom Barracks.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 11:15

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — More videos of these equipment transfers over rafts.

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18 January 2026 10:45

🇸🇾🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Abdan village, south of Al-Hasakah has been captured by Arab tribal forces rebelling against the SDF.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 22:09

⚠️⚫️ ❌🇸🇾🇸🇾 — Syrian security forces mobilise as hundreds of IS fighters, including high-value targets and important personalities have escaped SDF prisons during today's attacks.

Various security apparatuses have mobilised and are conducting raids.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 21:37

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Tribes from Deir-ez-zor declare a general mobilization against the SDF after it committed a massacre against civilians from the al-Bu Sheikh tribe in the village of "Tal Majdal al-'Asr" southwest of al-Hasakah.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 21:13

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Children and womens screams resonate from al-Hasakah, as the SDF commit massacres tonight against the general population.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 21:02

⚫️❌🇧🇫— JNIM also announce that the Burkinabe army slaughtered 30 civilians, among them women and children in Kamankadougou and Sanankadougou, villages near the Malian border on Wednesday.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 20:08

🇪🇺❌🇺🇸– The EU is considering €93bn in tariffs on the US or limiting market access for American firms to gain leverage ahead of meetings with Trump at Davos, according to the FT

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 18:09

🇺🇸🇬🇱 — YouGov poll indicates 86% of Americans would disapprove of using military force to invade Greenland.

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18 January 2026 17:42

🇸🇾🇸🇾 — Full agreement between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces on a ceasefire and integrating the SDF into the Syrian government.

1. Immediate and comprehensive ceasefire across all fronts; SDF military units withdraw east of the Euphrates as a preliminary step.

2: Full administrative and military control of Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa transferred to the Syrian government, including civil institutions and regularization of employees.

3: All civilian institutions in al-Hasakah incorporated into Syrian state administrative structures.

4: Syrian government takes control of border crossings, oil and gas fields, with regular forces providing security, while considering Kurdish areas.

5: All SDF military and security personnel integrated individually into the Syrian Ministries of Defense and Interior after vetting, with ranks, pay, and logistics.

6: SDF leadership will not incorporate remnants of the former regime and will provide lists of such officers.

7: Presidential decree to appoint a governor of al-Hasakah ensures political representation and local participation.

8: Heavy military presence removed from Ain al-Arab (Kobani); a local security force and police under the Ministry of Interior will be formed.

9: Administration and security of ISIS prisons and camps integrated under Syrian government control.

10: Syrian government adopts SDF-nominated candidates for senior military, security, and civil posts to ensure national partnership.

11: Presidential Decree No. 13 of 2026 recognizes Kurdish cultural and linguistic rights, addresses civil and property claims, and resolves statelessness issues.

12: All non-Syrian PKK members removed from Syrian territory to preserve sovereignty and stability.

13: Syrian government continues fight against ISIS in coordination with the U.S. and International Coalition.

14: Work toward safe and dignified return of residents of Afrin and Sheikh Maqsoud to their homes.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 16:07

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — YPJ release a video of a fighter vowing "they will make Raqqa a fortress of resistance."

✍️ They wouldn't be the first to do that, last time it was them breaking through the fortress, and they had international support to do it. This time, they're fighting the same people under a different banner, without international support, so how likely is this going to take place?

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 15:40

🇸🇾🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Battles are starting at the Shaddadi Gas Plant, under SDF control.

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18 January 2026 14:50

⚡️🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇱🇯🇴❌🇮🇷 — This morning, the USAF has conducted a CORONET East deployment from the United Kingdom to the Middle East, amidst ongoing military buildup in lights of an upcoming strike on Iran.

12 "F-15E" Strike Eagle Aircrafts from the "48th" Fighter Wing at "RAF Lakenheath" under call signs TABOR 71-76 & TABOR 81-86, supported by 4 "KC-135R" Tankers from the "100th" Air Refuelling Wing at "RAF Mildenall" departed en route to what seems to be the "Muwaffaq Salti" Air Base in Jordan.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 13:31

🇸🇾🇸🇾 ❌ 🇸🇾 — Militias are beginning to move in the Tel Abyad region, signalling activation of the Tel Abyad front against the SDF in the far north of Syria.

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 12:29

🇸🇾🇸🇾 ❌ 🇸🇾— Battles have begun in Raqqa, as Bedouin tribes inside the city have picked up arms and started fighting SDF soldiers!

Geopolitics Watch

18 January 2026 11:19

🇸🇾🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — Al-Shaddadi, south of Al-Hasakah, has fell to the Bedouin tribes.

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18 January 2026 10:54

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾 — The Syrian army continues to cross the Euphrates River on the Deir ez-Zor front.

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18 January 2026 10:16

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Netanyahu orders the acceleration of Arrow-3 interceptors production.