The Turkish Armed Forces and its ally the Syrian National Army had occupied areas of northern Syria from August 2016, during the Syrian civil war until 2026. Although these areas had nominally acknowl
Turkish soldiers and Syrian National Army fighters at the building in Afrin that had hosted the PYD-led government of Afrin Region, 18 March 2018
Mosque in Azaz
Since the start of its intervention in Syria, Turkey has striven to rebuild destroyed areas under its control (pictured: devastated neighborhood of al-Bab) and restore civil society.
Fighters of the Syrian National Army in 2016
Syrian civil war
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The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protest
Turkish occupation of northern Syria
…The Turkish Armed Forces and its ally the Syrian National Army had occupied areas of northern Syria from August 2016, during the Syrian civil war until 2026. Although these areas had nominally acknowledged a government affiliated with the Syrian opposition, in practice they constituted a separate…
Bombed out vehicles Aleppo
People's Defense Units defending Ras al Ayn against al Nusra Front terrorists
Combined Joint U.S., Turkey Patrols
Syrians celebrate the fall of Assad at the Umayyad mosque, 14 December 2024