This Week in Northern Syria

This Week in Northern Syria

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Turkey's late October air campaign
Airstrikes targeting civilian and military sites in northern Syria, October 23 - 27
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Turkish drone strike targets an oxygen facility in al-Qamishli
...as confirmed by Turkish state media footage
Syria's borders in relation to late Ottoman provinces
Crude mapmaking and hundred year echoes
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2023 Islamic State attacks vs. the SDF
An interactive map detailing attacks claimed via IS media within SDF territory
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The governance structure of Turkish-controlled Afrin
Originally published on 06/10/23 in The Commentaries journal
The March 15th Duhok helicopter crash
The open sourced information and what we don't know
The effects of the February 6th earthquake on Cindires
Syria's worst-hit city
Interactive map of Afrin's settlements and landmarks
Towns, villages, shrines, historical sites and more
Interactive map of post-2018 Afrin
Confirmed military, governance, infrastructure, IDP sites
Observations from a recent SNA Third Legion training video
'Asifat al-Shamal's decade-old base on the Turkish border and the bulldozer excavation of Afrin's Tell Laq
Tracking combatant deaths related to Turkey's ongoing escalation
Confirmed deaths of military and security forces killed in combat across northern Syria since November 19th
Tracking changes in the SNA structure over time
Taking stock of two years of organizational shake ups
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