East Aleppo offensive (2024)
| East Aleppo offensive (2024) | |||||||
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| Part of Syrian civil war and Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
 Syrian Interim Government | ||||||
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Syrian National Army | |||||||
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| 16 killed[1] | 25 killed | ||||||
The East Aleppo offensive (2024) is an operation launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces in December 2024 against the Syrian National Army (SNA) to regain control of territory that was lost during the Manbij offensive and to advance from Dayr Hafir into the Tishreen Dam area.[2][3]
Background
[edit]Despite a US mediated truce leading to a ceasefire of the Manbij offensive, the SNA refused the evacuation of SDF fighters or civilians, executed captured SDF soldiers and attempted offensive operations against the SDF, resulting in fighting near Tishrin Dam.[4][5][6][7]
Offensive
[edit]The Manbij Military Council of the SDF initiated an offensive against the Syrian National Army near the Tishrin Dam on 23 December 2024.[8] The SDF managed to take control over several villages south east of Manbij.[9]
The following day, SDF started assaults in two different directions. From Dayr Hafir, the SDF advanced along the west bank of the Euphrates where they took control of the Babari pumping station, five kilometres south of the town of Al-Khafsah. Further north, fighting also started around the Qarah Qawzaq bridge.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Syrian authorities say armed groups agree to disband, merge under defence ministry". France24. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "SDF launches counterattack at Tishrin Dam". Rudaw. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Kurdish forces fight back against Turkish-backed rebels amid clashes in northern Syria". Euronews. 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Having been besieged by faction | Injured combatants of "Manbij Military Council Forces" extrajudicially executed in eastern Aleppo - The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Military escalation | Members of "National Army" kil*led and injured in an attack in Al-Raqqa - The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Military escalation | "SDF" advances and takes control over four villages in Manbij as Turkish-backed factions shell Kobani villages - The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Violating ceasefire | 21 members of Turkish-backed factions kil*led in attack on residential areas in Aleppo - The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights". 18 December 2024.
- ^ "SDF initiates counter-offensive against SNA factions in Syria's Manbij". North press agency. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "After taking control of three villages SDF and military formations take control of surroundings of Tishrin Dam and launch combing operation". SOHR. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Following clashes with Turkish-backed factions SDF advance into areas 12 kilometres away from Manbij city". SOHR. 24 December 2024.
- Aleppo Governorate in the Syrian civil war
- Battles of the Syrian civil war in 2024
- December 2024 events in Syria
- Military operations of the Syrian civil war in 2024
- Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Syrian Democratic Forces
- Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving the Syrian National Army
- Turkish Air Force involvement in the Syrian civil war
- Manbij District