| June 2023 Northeastern Syria clashes | |||||
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| Part ofSyrian civil war | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Turkey |  Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Syrian Arab Republic Russia | ||||
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| Casualties and losses | |||||
| None |  20 killed, 10 wounded[a] 8 killed, 11 wounded[b] 1 killed, 4 wounded[5] | ||||
| 1 civilian killed, 8 injured[c] | |||||
Starting on 10 June 2023,Turkish Armed Forces launched a campaign of air and ground strikes targeting theSyrian Democratic Forces and theSyrian Army in Northern Syria. On 13 June, theKurdistan Communities Union announced the suspension of the unilateral ceasefire it had imposed following the2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.[8] The Turkish strikes have also extended toRussian Armed Forcesin Syria, killing a Russian soldier and injuring 4 others.[9][5]
On 10 June, a Turkishdrone strike on a car killed three SDF fighters, including a commander, and injured two others in the town of Ahdas in northern Aleppo province.[10]
On 11 June, rockets launched from Kurdish and Syrian Government held territory struck twoTurkish bases in northern Aleppo, without causing any casualties.[11]
On 12 June, a Russian soldier was killed and four others were seriously injured after their vehicle was struck by Turkishartillery on the road linkingHerbel withMaarat Umm Hawsh in northern Aleppo.[5][12] Later in the day, two SDF fighters were killed and five civilians were injured after a Turkish drone strike in the town ofKobani.[6]
On 13 June, three Syrian soldiers were killed by Turkish artillery shelling near the town ofOqayba, while a Turkish drone strike destroyed a Syrian Army tank and injured three soldiers near the town of Bailoniya on the same day.[3][13] In theManbij countryside, two SDF fighters were killed and three others were wounded by two separate Turkish drone strikes.[1]
On 14 June, a Turkish drone strike killed five Syrian soldiers and injured six others near the town ofTell Rifaat, while two others were injured by artillery shelling.[4][14] On the same day Turkish drone strikes and artillery shelling near the villages of Oqayba,Dandaniya and Al-Sayad killed nine SDF fighters and injured two others, while a separate drone attack targeted a car travelling on theQamishli-al-Malikiyah road killing four SDF fighters and injuring three others.[7][2]
On 19 June, the Syrian Army deployed reinforcements, including tanks, artillery, and hundreds of troops from theRepublican Guard, to the towns of Manbij andArima.[15]
Turkey:Turkey's Defense Ministry released a statement saying it had launched a large scale operation in response to the shelling of Turkish territory and that it had "neutralized" 41 terrorists.[16]
AANES: Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), announced the termination of the unilateral ceasefire it had declared due to escalating attacks by Turkey.[8]
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