<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAX8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Protection_Units" id="mwAYA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Protection Units">People's Protection Units</a> (YPG) capture the city of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobanî" id="mwAYE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kobanî">Kobanî</a> without resistance, starting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojava_conflict" id="mwAYI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rojava conflict">Rojava conflict</a> in Northeast Syria.<sup about="#mwt71" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_19#cite_note-12" id="mwAYM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYQ">[12]</span></a></sup>
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