SDF Tunnels, A Heavy Legacy Beneath al-Hasakah’s Soil - Enab Baladi

SDF Tunnels, A Heavy Legacy Beneath al-Hasakah’s Soil - Enab Baladi

At the start of 2026, as control lines shifted in areas east of the Euphrates River, the scale of one of Syria’s largest nonconventional military projects in recent years began to emerge. While Qamishli and al-Hasakah (northeastern Syria) remain under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) amid complex security arrangements, the Syrian government’s recent capture of parts of southern al-Hasakah countryside, along the al-Shaddadi and M…

Hasakah is a closed military zone. Displacement corridors “under fire”

The city of Hasaka and its surroundings turned into a kind of “closed military zone”, where the SDF tightened its control over all entrances and exits, amid the almost complete absence of safe corridors for civilians wishing to flee the escalation. This field tightening comes in conjunction with a cautious calm on the fronts between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Syrian government since dawn on Thursday, January 29, after a night of …