<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAWQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwAWU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) pause the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor_campaign_(2017–2019)" id="mwAWY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)">Deir ez-Zor campaign</a> due to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Olive_Branch" id="mwAWc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Olive Branch">Turkish-led invasion of Afrin</a>.<sup about="#mwt108" 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_5#cite_note-18" id="mwAWg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAWk">[18]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt113" 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_5#cite_note-19" id="mwAWo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAWs">[19]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt117" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-20"}}' id="cite_ref-20" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_5#cite_note-20" id="mwAWw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 20;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAW0">[20]</span></a></sup>
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