🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- US Special Envoy Tom Barrack has arrived in Damascus for talks with the Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

According to various different media, SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi was invited to the talks, and may attend.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡- Kurdish outlet Rudaw reports SDF Chief, Mazloum Abdi, is en route to Damascus to attend the Tom Barrack - Ahmed al-Sharaa talks.

🇸🇾⚡- BREAKING: Initial reports, the first units of the Syrian army have begun entering Raqqah city, SDF-controlled eastern Syria.

🇸🇾⚡- Syrian forces have crossed the Euphrates and have captured the towns of al-Chatunijja and Hawi al-Hawa, west of Raqqah city, eastern Syria.

Syrian troops have begun entering Raqqah city from the west.

🇸🇾⚡- Syrian forces are storming the northern Raqqah region, SDF-controlled eastern Syria, via the three crossings captured yesterday: Kadiran Dam, Mansurah Dam and the Tabqah Crossing.

🇸🇾⚡- "A call between Syrian President Ahmad al-Shara and SDF Chief Mazloum Abdi. Things are positive after the call between al-Shara and Abdi," - al-Jazeera.

🇸🇾 - Correction: Ash Saddadah, northeast Syria, is not under Arab Tribal Army, ATA, control.

A small ATA cell within the town claimed control, but were quickly eliminated by the SDF. Ash Saddadah remains under SDF control.

🇸🇾 - Visual confirmation: Arab Tribal Army inside the western outskirts of Raqqah city. Footage shows Bedouin forces with a captured SDF heavy vehicle.

🇸🇾⚡- SDF frontline sources confirm the presence of Arab Tribal forces in the center of Raqqah city, eastern Syria.

🇸🇾 - Situation in the Raqqah direction:

Syrian forces have crossed the three dams and captured several towns west of Raqqah city. The Arab Tribal Army have captured half of the city itself.

🇸🇾⚡- BREAKING: Raqqah city falls to the Arab Tribal Army.

🇸🇾 - Syrian flag raised in the center of Raqqah city.

🇫🇷🇸🇾⚡️- French President Emmanuel Macron held a phonecall with his Syrian counterpart Ahmed Al-Sharaa and expressed "concern over the escalation of violence in Syria" per the AFP.

🇸🇾⚡- Arab Tribal Army continue advancing north of Raqqah city, approaching SDF-held Hujazma, northern Raqqah region, northeast Syria.

🇸🇾⚡- SNA forces have gone on the offensive from the Tell Abyad direction, attacking Ain Issa countryside.

🌐🇨🇭⚡️- The World Economic Forum 2026 will start tomorrow in Davos, Switzerland, and will last for 5 days. The world's most influent individuals will discuss "Which 2050 do we want ?" and will cover 5 major themes :

How can we cooperate in a more contested world ?
How can we unlock new source of growth ?
How can we better invest in people ?
How can we deploy innovation at scale and responsibly ?
How can we build prosperity within planetary boundaries ?

Here are a few examples of programmed subjects within these themes :

"Banking Accelerated"
"Governments as Economic Super Actors"
"Scaling AI : Now Comes the Hard Part"
"Return of Creative Destruction"
"Migration : A New Approach"
"The Intelligent Co-Worker"
"When Food Becomes Security"
"Can We Afford Longevity?"
"Realignments and Surprises in the Middle East"
"A Prosperity Agenda for the Middle East"
"Venezuela: What Next?"
"Is Democracy in Trouble?"