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Twenty-one gunmen, four SDF members, and a civilian are killed following the resumption of clashes in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.
2023-09-26

Ten SDF fighters and five Syrian soldiers are killed by Turkish drone strikes in Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
2023-06-14

Turkey announces a planned military operation to seize control of the Syrian cities of Tal Rifaat and Manbij from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
2022-06-1

Violent clashes break out between the Syrian rebels and Syrian Democratic Forces on the outskirts of al-Muhsenli Village, in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, but no casualties are reported.
2017-07-21

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces' Manbij Military Council, "after reaching a new alliance with Russia," hands over a vast expanse of territory west of Manbij to the Syrian Army to create a buffer zone between the SDF and Turkish-backed rebels.
2017-03-2

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL after months of fighting.
2017-02-24

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces advance to eight kilometers (five miles) from the largest prison held by ISIL near the Tabqa Dam.
2016-12-21

Syrian Democratic Forces begin a campaign to recapture Al-Raqqah from ISIL.
2016-11-6

Kurdish-led fighters completely encircle the ISIL-held town of Manbij, near the Turkish border, while Syrian forces move closer to ISIL's de facto capital, Raqqa.
2016-06-10

Russia expands its military presence in Syria with an additional airbase that can accommodate fixed-winged military aircraft. The U.S. Department of Defense also confirms that Russia added S-400 surface-to-air missiles to its Syrian stockpile and armed its military aircraft with air-to-air missiles. According to Military Times, "A Pentagon spokesman expressed concern" these moves indicate Russia's commitment to aiding the embattled Assad regime as opposed to combating ISIL. No Syrian opposition groups including ISIL have combat-ready aircraft that require air-to-air missiles.
2015-12-2