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The officials discussed a false flag operation that would lead to an invasion of Syria. YouTube was subsequently blocked in Turkey. [260] A vote in the Turkish Parliament was scheduled for 1 October 2014 on whether or not to invade Syria as part of the war on ISIL. [261] while preparations for a possible intervention were made. [262]
Syrian opposition tanks in or near Aleppo, 29 November 2024. On 29 November 2024, rebel forces approached the outskirts of Aleppo. They took Khalsa, Al-Rashidin and Khan Tuman, where the army abandoned four T-55 tanks. [38] The Syrian government was overwhelmed by the rebel offensive's speed, and could not organize a coordinated defense of ...
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 ...
Turkey’s focus remains on dismantling Kurdish control in northern Syria, particularly around Kobani, a symbolic city for the Kurds. Ankara’s current strategy recalls its 2019 invasion, which ...
1 July – Seven people are killed after anti-Turkish protests break out in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria following anti-Syrian riots in Turkey a day earlier. [22] 3 July – Investigators in Germany and Sweden arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against ...
Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war (2011–present) Operation Euphrates Shield (2016–2017) Operation Olive Branch (2018–2019) Operation Peace Spring (2019) Operation Spring Shield (2020) Turkey Syrian opposition: Syrian Democratic Forces IFB
On 1 July 2024, violent riots erupted in Turkish-occupied Northern Syria and the rebel-held Idlib Governorate, where several Turkish military bases are located. In the town of Al-Rai, protesters removed Turkish flags from government institutions and military bases, obstructing the passage of commercial convoys and trucks from Turkey.
Syria's Christian population could be as low as 2.5%, down from 10% before the civil war started in 2011. Christian and other ethnic and religious minorities face persecution from the radical ...