<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAU8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: Following the completion of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrin_offensive" id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afrin offensive">Afrin offensive</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) initiate an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF_insurgency_in_Northern_Aleppo" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SDF insurgency in Northern Aleppo">insurgency</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_occupation_of_northern_Syria" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Turkish occupation of northern Syria">Turkish occupation</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrin_District" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Afrin District">Afrin District</a>.<sup about="#mwt95" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-17"}}' id="cite_ref-17" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_25#cite_note-17" id="mwAVU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVY">[17]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt99" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_25#cite_note-18" id="mwAVc" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVg">[18]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt103" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_25#cite_note-19" id="mwAVk" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVo">[19]</span></a></sup>
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