In the last two days, there has been intense conflict in northern Syria between angry protestors and the Turkish military. This was sparked by the killing of several Syrian refugees in Kayseri, Turkey. The clashes have resulted in multiple casualties and injuries.
ISWNews Analysis Group – Turkiye-backed militant groups arrested 17 civilians residents in Afrin city, northern Syria, over the past 10 days.
ISWNews Analysis Group: After a day of ceasefire between Tahrir al-Sham and Syrian National Army (Jaish al-Watani) militants, clashes between these groups resumed in the north of Aleppo and several areas were captured by Tahrir al-Sham militants.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Following the operations of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Sultan Suleiman Shah Division and Hamza Division in northwestern Syria, the city of Afrin was captured by Tahrir al-Sham.
According to a statement by the Afrin Liberation Forces, between the 14th to the 19th, seven members of the Turkish-backed forces were killed by the group in the northwestern Aleppo on the Mare, Kaljabrin and Azaz axes.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Afrin Liberation Forces claimed that they had killed 12 Turkish soldiers during a series of operations in the northern part of Syria.
On January 20, 2018, Turkey launched an operation called the Olive Branch in the Afrin region in northwestern Syria which eventually led to the complete occupation of the Afrin region.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The “Afrin Liberation Forces” group published pictures of the group’s military operations in 2020 against Turkey and its militants in the Afrin region.
ISWNews Analysis Group: At least 40 civilians, including 11 children, were killed on Tuesday in a terrorist attack in the Afrin city northwestern Syria.
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to field information, after recent threats by Erdogan to launch operation in east of Euphrates, US forces are leaving their positions in northern border of Syria in east of Euphrates.
On Saturday, KDP leader Masoud Barzani met with Nasr al-Hariri, chief negotiator for the Syrian Negotiations Commission.
Islamic World News Analysis Group: In the last two days, Kurdish forces attacked militants supported by Turkey in Afrin area and killed more than 16 of them.