Overview
- UN officials confirm all access routes remain blocked, though a negotiated convoy of about 24 trucks delivered fuel, food and medicine from Aleppo.
- Damascus and the SDF extended a ceasefire for 15 days, yet both sides reported violations and the encirclement has not lifted.
- Local medics and monitoring groups report severe shortages of food, fuel and medicines, with several children reported to have died from cold and lack of care.
- A local humanitarian official estimates roughly 100,000 displaced people are sheltering in Kobane as power, water and internet service collapse.
- Observers report prison breaks involving Islamic State detainees and ongoing threats from HTS-aligned fighters, while recent U.S. policy has reduced protection for the SDF.