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🚨🚨Al-Jolani is preparing for a new assault and an attack on #SDF–controlled areas in the E. #Aleppo countryside Syria’s state-run Syrian News Channel published a map announcing an “8-hour humanitarian corridor” for residents of the towns of #DeirHafir and #Maskanah (west of the #Euphrates, eastern Aleppo countryside), both of which are under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The corridor would lead toward areas controlled by al-Jolani’s forces. Observers warn that civilians who refuse to leave their homes may be subjected to shelling inside their houses, allegedly with the backing of Hakan Fidan, and in the absence of a clear condemnation from U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack, who met last night with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. In recent days, the towns of Maskanah and Deir Hafir have been targeted by artillery shelling and heavy machine-gun fire by al-Jolani’s forces. In addition, at dawn today, January 14, the towns were attacked by Turkish drones. The SDF has released several statements, the latest issued about an hour ago, reporting a Turkish Bayraktar drone strike on the village of al-Bu‘asi in the countryside of Tabqa.