<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAVg" 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="mwAVk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Protection Units">People's Protection Units</a> (YPG) captured the cities of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_al-Ayn,_al-Hasakah" id="mwAVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah">Serê Kaniyê</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Darbasiyah" id="mwAVs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Al-Darbasiyah">Dirbêsiyê</a>, during clashes with pro-government forces in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hasakah_Governorate" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Al-Hasakah Governorate">Al-Hasakah</a>.<sup about="#mwt53" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_22#cite_note-8" id="mwAV0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAV4">[8]</span></a></sup>
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