### [2024-12-12](/feed/2024/12/12/index.md) ##### Syrian civil war # Turkish military forces and the pro-Turkish Dawn of Freedom Operations Room launch an attack with tanks and drones against the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates river, which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights warns could trigger a dam failure and a severe humanitarian crisis. ### Sources: 1. [SOHR](https://www.syriahr.com/%d9%87%d8%ac%d9%80-%d9%80%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a-%d8%b9%d9%86%d9%80-%d9%80%d9%8a%d9%81-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%b3%d8%af-%d8%aa%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a8/740592/) ### Changes: 1. Turkish military forces and the pro-Turkish Dawn of Freedom Operations Room launch a "violent" attack with tanks and drones against the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates river, which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights warns could trigger a dam failure and a severe humanitarian crisis. _2024-12-13 04:35:20 (First version)_ 1. Turkish military forces and the pro-Turkish Dawn of Freedom Operations Room launch an attack with tanks and drones against the Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates river, which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights warns could trigger a dam failure and a severe humanitarian crisis. _(Current version)_ ### Related: 1. [Iraqi water experts issue warnings regarding cracks that have formed in the Tishrin Dam in Aleppo Governorate following continuous bombardment by Turkish and pro-Turkish forces and the possibility of further damage causing a dam failure. ](/feed/2024/12/14/iraqi-water-experts-issue-warnings-regarding-cracks-that-have-formed-in-the-tishrin-dam-in-aleppo-governorate-following.md) _Context: Syrian civil war, Tishrin Dam, dam failure_ 2. [The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that a Turkish drone strike on the village of Al-Mustariha in Raqqa Governorate, Syria, kills eleven family members, including six children. ](/feed/2024/12/9/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-reports-that-a-turkish-drone-strike-on-the-village-of-al-mustariha-in-raqqa-gove.md) _Context: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian civil war, drones, its forces_ 3. [Rebel tanks reach the main Saadallah al-Jabiri Square in Aleppo's city centre with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reporting that a majority of the city is now under the control of rebel forces. ](/feed/2024/11/30/rebel-tanks-reach-the-main-saadallah-al-jabiri-square-in-aleppo-s-city-centre-with-the-syrian-observatory-for-human-righ.md) _Context: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian civil war_ 4. [Ten SDF fighters and five Syrian soldiers are killed by Turkish drone strikes in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. ](/feed/2023/06/14/ten-sdf-fighters-and-five-syrian-soldiers-are-killed-by-turkish-drone-strikes-in-aleppo-governorate-syria.md) _Context: Syrian civil war, drones, its forces_ 5. [A drone strike on a Iranian-backed weapons factory by an unknown attacker in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven people and injures 15 others, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which describes the dead as three Afghan fighters, three Syrian civilians and one unidentified Syrian. ](/feed/2023/03/8/a-drone-strike-on-a-iranian-backed-weapons-factory-by-an-unknown-attacker-in-deir-ez-zor-governorate-syria-kills-seven.md) _Context: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian civil war, drones_ 6. [Protests occur in the town of Atarib, Aleppo Governorate, Syria, after a Turkish military vehicle ran over and killed a woman and a child while conducting a patrol with a local rebel group, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. ](/feed/2022/12/5/protests-occur-in-the-town-of-atarib-aleppo-governorate-syria-after-a-turkish-military-vehicle-ran-over-and-killed-a.md) _Context: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian civil war, its forces_ 7. [Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls a Turkish intervention in Syria's Idlib Governorate "imminent" after talks with Russia fail to reach what he describes as their "desired result". Erdoğan threatens to launch an operation in Idlib by the end of the month. Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov calls Turkish involvement in the battle "the worst scenario". The countries support opposing sides in the war. ](/feed/2020/02/19/turkish-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan-calls-a-turkish-intervention-in-syria-s-idlib-governorate-imminent-after-talks.md) _Context: Syrian civil war, its forces_ 8. [According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Russian airstrikes kill at least 14 civilians, including three children, as they cross the Euphrates river near the ISIL-held city of Mayadin in eastern Syria while fleeing the village of Mahkan. ](/feed/2017/10/6/according-to-the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-russian-airstrikes-kill-at-least-14-civilians-including-three-chi.md) _Context: Euphrates, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian civil war_ 9. [The al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate, assaults the Free Syrian Army's 13th Division in Maarrat al-Nu'man, killing seven FSA fighters with 40 captured. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Nusra seized anti-tank missiles, armored vehicles, a tank, and other arms from the U.S.-backed division. ](/feed/2016/03/13/the-al-nusra-front-an-al-qaeda-affiliate-assaults-the-free-syrian-army-s-13th-division-in-maarrat-al-nu-man-killing-s.md) _Context: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrian civil war, tank_ 10. [The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, seize control of the strategic Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates in eastern Aleppo from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces. ](/feed/2015/12/27/the-syrian-democratic-forces-sdf-backed-by-us-led-coalition-airstrikes-seize-control-of-the-strategic-tishrin-dam-o.md) _Context: Euphrates, Syrian civil war, Tishrin Dam_