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{{Short description|Turkish-Syrian military conflict}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = October 2023 Turkish Airstrikes in Northern Syria
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| date              = 5 October 2023 – 8 October 2023<br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=05|year1=2023}})
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{{Flagicon image|Asayish_infobox_flag.png }} [[Asayish (Rojava regions)|Asayish]]<ref name="cas2" /> <br>
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{{flagicon|Turkey}} 8 killed, 9 injured{{efn|<ref name="cas1"/><ref>{{cite news |title=مقتل ضابط وجندي أتراك باستهداف قوات سوريا الديمقراطية لقاعدتين عسكريتين بريفي الرقة والحسكة |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%84-%d8%b6%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%b7-%d9%88%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%af%d9%8a-%d8%a3%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%83-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%81-%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b3%d9%88/682174/ |access-date=6 October 2023 |agency=SOHR |date=7 October 2023}}</ref><ref>https://www.syriahr.com/en/313512/</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Daren |last2=Gumrukcu |first2=Tuvan |date=2023-10-06 |title=Turkey steps up strikes on militants as conflict escalates in Syria |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-says-26-militants-neutralised-conflict-escalates-syria-2023-10-06/ |access-date=2023-10-06}}</ref>}}<ref>https://www.syriahr.com/en/313703/</ref><br />
{{flagicon image|Al-Liwaa.svg}} 3 killed<ref>https://www.syriahr.com/en/313512/</ref><br />'''Equipment''' <br>
*1 [[TAI Anka#Anka-S|Anka-S]] combat drone<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2023/10/06/pentagon-says-it-shot-down-turkish-drone-over-syria-turkey-says-it-was-not-theirs/?sh=78d48101446f|title=Pentagon Says It Shot Down Turkish Drone Over Syria; Turkish Military Says It Was Not Theirs|date=6 October 2023|first=David|last=Hambling}}</ref>
| casualties2       = {{flagicon|Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria}} 40 killed, 37 wounded          Per Turkey:{{flagicon|Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria}} At least 250 killed {{efn|<ref>{{cite news |title=During 5 days of Turkish operation in the Autonomous Administration areas... 72 air strikes hit about 55 vital facilities and killed 45 people |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-5-%d8%a3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%86/682671/ |access-date=8 October 2023 |date=8 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="mmc">{{cite news |title=A member of the Manbij Military Council forces was killed by Turkish artillery shelling on the Manbij countryside |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%84-%d8%b9%d9%86%d8%b5%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b3-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%ac-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b3%d9%83%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d9%82%d8%b5/682086/ |quote=(1 killed in ground shelling) |access-date=6 October 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=6 October 2023}}</ref>}}
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces.svg}}  1 killed<ref name="cassaa">{{cite news |title=Military escalation {{!}} Regime soldier kil*led in shelling by Turkish forces on areas in Aleppo |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/313373/ |access-date=10 October 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=9 October 2023}}</ref>, 3 wounded<ref>https://www.syriahr.com/en/313725/</ref>
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Starting on 5 October 2023, the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] launched a series of air and ground strikes targeting the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] in [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Northeastern Syria]]. The airstrikes were launched in response to the [[2023 Ankara bombing]], which the Turkish government alleges was carried out by attackers originating from Northeastern Syria.<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news |title=Turkey says bombers came from Syria, eyes cross-border targets |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkey-says-ankara-bomb-attackers-came-syria-2023-10-04/ |access-date=5 October 2023 |publisher=Reuters |date=4 October 2023}}</ref>

==Background==
On 1 October 2023, a [[2023 Ankara bombing|suicide bombing]] took place in the Turkish capital, [[Ankara]]. The attack injured two policemen and was claimed by the [[Kurdistan Workers’ Party]] (PKK). On 4 October, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Foreign Minister]] [[Hakan Fidan]] stated that the attackers had entered Turkey through Syria and had received training there. He further added that all infrastructure, superstructure, and energy facilities belonging to the SDF in Syria are now legitimate targets of Turkey's armed forces.<ref name="reuters1"/>

==Clashes==
On 5 October 2023, the Turkish Air Force conducted 38 airstrikes in the [[Aleppo Governorate|Aleppo]] and [[Hasakah Governorate]]s of Northern Syria, resulting in the deaths of 10 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=After threats by Turkish Foreign Minister {{!}} Turkish drones attack 11 vital facilities in north eastern of Syria |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/312984/ |access-date=6 October 2023 |publisher=SOHR}}</ref>  During the airstrikes, the [[Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve|international coalition]] (CJTF–OIR) [[2023 Turkish drone shootdown|shot down]] an armed Turkish [[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|combat drone]] after it approached the coalition base near the town of [[Tell Beydar|Tal Baidar]].<ref name="sohr1">{{cite news |title=Following large Turkish aerial escalation {{!}} “International Coalition” shoots down Turkish drone approached airspace of Tel Baidar base in Al-Hasakah countryside |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/312858/ |access-date=6 October 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=5 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gordon |first1=Michael R. |last2=Youssef |first2=Nancy A. |last3=Malsin |first3=Jared |title=U.S. Jet Shoots Down Turkish Drone Over Syria |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-jet-shoots-down-turkish-drone-over-syria-21634844 |access-date=6 October 2023 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |date=5 October 2023}}</ref> Two members of the [[Special Forces Command (Turkey)|Turkish Special Forces]] were killed later that day when Syrian government forces conducted an artillery shelling attack on their base near the town of [[Dabiq, Syria|Dabiq]].<ref name="cas1">{{cite news |title=Artillery fire {{!}} Two members of Turkish special forces killed in military base in Aleppo countryside |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/313032/ | access-date=6 October 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=6 October 2023}}</ref> 

On 6 October, the number of Turkish airstrikes in northeastern Syria increased to 64.<ref>{{cite news |title=Turkey is burning areas in northeastern Syria.. Turkish warplanes bomb vital facilities in Amuda and Al-Malikiyah in the Hasakah countryside |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%82-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%82-%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%82%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b7%d9%8a%d8%b1/682152/ |access-date=6 October 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=6 October 2023}}</ref> The targets of these airstrikes were critical infrastructure such as oil, gas, and power stations, as well as dams and oil pipelines in the [[Al-Qahtaniyah Subdistrict|Qahtaniyah]] region of Hasakah. At least seven people were killed during these airstrikes.<ref name="cas2">{{cite news |title=بقصف لمسيرة تركية.. شاب يفارق الحياة متأثراً بإصابته في قرية تل حبش جنوبب عامودا |url=https://www.syriahr.com/%d8%a8%d9%82%d8%b5%d9%81-%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d9%8a%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%a3/682137/ |trans-title=With the bombing of a Turkish march, a young man dies from his injury in the village of Tal Habash, south of Amuda |access-date=6 October 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=6 October 2023 |language=Arabic}}</ref>

On 7 October, the number of Turkish airstrikes in northeastern Syria increased to 70. <ref>https://www.syriahr.com/en/313171/</ref> Two Turkish troops and one civilian were killed.<ref>https://www.syriahr.com/en/313210/</ref>

On 8 October, Turkish airstrikes targeted the headquarters of the [[Asayish (Rojava regions)|Asayish]] in [[Al-Malikiyah District]], killing 30 and wounding 37 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=30 members of the Internal Security Forces were killed as a result of the Turkish air strike on a training center for them in the Al-Malikiyah countryside/Derik |url=https://www.syriahr.com/30-%d9%82%d8%aa%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%8b-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%82%d9%88%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%ae%d9%84%d9%8a-%d8%ad%d8%b5%d9%8a%d9%84%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7/682605/ |access-date=9 October 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=9 October 2023}}</ref>

On 9 October, a Syrian soldier died due to Turkish shellings in Aleppo Province.<ref name="cassaa"/> In addition, 4 Turkish soldiers were killed in an missile attack by Tel Tamr Military Council on Al-Dawadiya base of Turkish forces. Also 3 fighters of [[Ahrar al-Sharqiya]] Faction were killed.<ref>https://www.syriahr.com/en/313512/</ref>

==See also==
*[[June 2023 Northeastern Syria clashes]]
*[[Operation Claw-Sword]]

==References==
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