<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" id="mwAa0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>: Five hundred members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Democratic_Forces" id="mwAa4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Democratic Forces">Syrian Democratic Forces</a> (SDF) are airlifted south of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates" id="mwAa8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" id="mwAbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> helicopters, beginning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tabqa" id="mwAbE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Tabqa">Battle of Tabqa</a>.<sup about="#mwt188" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-35"}}' id="cite_ref-35" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_22#cite_note-35" id="mwAbI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 35;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbM">[35]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt192" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-36"}}' id="cite_ref-36" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_22#cite_note-36" id="mwAbQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 36;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbU">[36]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt196" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-37"}}' id="cite_ref-37" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_22#cite_note-37" id="mwAbY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 37;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbc">[37]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt200" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-38"}}' id="cite_ref-38" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_22#cite_note-38" id="mwAbg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 38;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAbk">[38]</span></a></sup>
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