Turkish offensive in northern Syria
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The Turkish–Syrian National Army offensive in Northern Syria (2024–2025) refers to a series of military operations launched by Turkey and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) amid the fall of the Assad regime. As part of the 2024 opposition offensives, the SDF captured territory held by the Assad regime including in and around Aleppo. Amidst these gains, on 30 November 2024 the SNA announced Operation Dawn of Freedom, aiming to expand Turkish-controlled territory, weaken the SDF, prevent Kurdish autonomy in post-Assad Syria, and align with Turkish initiatives to establish a 30-kilometer deep buffer zone in the north of the country. The SNA quickly seized most of the Aleppo governate held by the SDF, other than the Ayn al-Arab District. The SNA the captured Manbij in December 2024, which had been controlled by the SDF since 2016. The SNA however failed to take the strategically important Tishrin Dam and Qara-Qowzak bridge. Fighting continued into 2025, until a ceasefire in April brokered by the Syrian transitional government which saw Kurdish forces withdrew to the eastern bank of the Euphrates river while government security forces would be deployed at the Tishrin Dam to establish a barrier between SDF and SNA forces.
