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Syria, a country with a population of about 22 million people, is located on the east coast of the Mediterranean sea. It borders Turkey to the north, Lebanon and Israel to the west and southwest ...
The area has also been nicknamed Federal Northern Syria and the Democratic Confederalist Autonomous Areas of Northern Syria. [9] The first name of the local government for the Kurdish-dominated areas in Afrin District , Ayn al-Arab District (Kobanî), and northern al-Hasakah Governorate was "Interim Transitional Administration", adopted in 2013 ...
To secure complete control over the buffer zone and other nearby strategic positions in Syria. To establish a security zone extending beyond the buffer zone, focusing on removing all heavy weaponry and terrorist infrastructure that could post a threat to Israel, while establishing contact with local Druze communities and other regional communities.
The Turkish Armed Forces and its ally the Syrian National Army have occupied [7] [8] areas of northern Syria since August 2016, during the Syrian civil war.Though these areas nominally acknowledge a government affiliated with the Syrian opposition, in practice they constitute a separate proto-state [9] under the dual authority of decentralized native local councils and Turkish military ...
The collapse of pro-government forces in northern Syria over the past week underlines the problems that alliance has faced since. Russia has been focused on the war in Ukraine since 2022.
Opposition rebels all but sealed their control of Syria on Sunday, storming the capital as army troops melted away, and President Bashar Assad was reported to have fled the country.
Derivate of Syrian Civil War map (September 10 2021).svg by Rr016. This is a retouched picture , which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Marks for the cities and towns as well as colour on the ground were added to show the situation in the Syrian Civil War . .
Today the group controls scattered pockets of land in the area, as well as other minor territory or insurgent cells [14] [16] in other areas, notably Afghanistan, West Africa, the Sahara, Somalia, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [17] As of 2023, large swathes of Mali have fallen under IS control. [18]