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| conflict    = June 2023 Northeastern Syria clashes
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| date        = 10–14 June 2023<br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=06|day1=10|year1=2023|month2=06|day2=14|year2=2023}})
| place       = [[Aleppo Governorate|Aleppo]] and [[Hasakah Governorate]]s, Northern [[Syria]]
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| combatant1  = {{flag|Turkey}}
| combatant2  = {{flagicon image|De facto SA-NES Flag.svg}} [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria]]<br />{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} [[Ba'athist Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]]<br />{{flag|Russia}}
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*{{flagicon image|Flag of Turkish Air Force Command.svg}} [[Turkish Air Force]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Turkish Land Forces Command.svg}} [[Turkish Land Forces]]
| units2            = {{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}} [[Syrian Democratic Forces]]
*{{flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg|border=no}} [[People's Protection Units]] (YPG)
*[[Manbij Military Council]]
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces (1980–2024).svg}} [[Syrian Armed Forces]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Arab Army.svg}} [[Syrian Army]]
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*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Russian Federation Ground Forces.svg}} [[Russian Ground Forces]]
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| casualties1 = {{flagicon|Turkey}} None
| casualties2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}} 20 killed, 10 wounded{{efn|<ref name="cas1">{{cite news |title=Unprecedented escalation {{!}} 52 people killed and wounded in 15 attacks by Turkish drones in north and east Syria in 12 days |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301595/ |access-date=16 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=16 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="sdf4"/>}}<br />{{flagicon|Syria|1980}} 8 killed, 11 wounded{{efn|<ref name="cas1"/><ref name="saa1"/><ref name="saa3"/>}}<br />{{flagicon|Russia}} 1 killed, 4 wounded<ref name="ru1"/>
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Starting on 10 June 2023, [[Turkish Armed Forces]] launched a campaign of air and ground strikes targeting the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] and the [[Syrian Arab Army|Syrian Army]] in Northern Syria. On 13 June, the [[Kurdistan Communities Union]] announced the suspension of the unilateral ceasefire it had imposed following the [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake]].<ref name="kck">{{cite news |title=Kurdish forces end unilateral ceasefire amid escalating attacks by Turkey |url=https://medyanews.net/kurdish-forces-end-unilateral-ceasefire-amid-escalating-attacks-by-turkey/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=Medya News |date=13 June 2023}}</ref> The Turkish strikes have also extended to [[Russian Armed Forces]] [[Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war|in Syria]], killing a Russian soldier and injuring 4 others.<ref>{{cite news |title=Turkish shelling in northern Syria kills Russian soldier, injures others |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/turkish-shelling-northern-syria-kills-russian-soldier-injures-others |access-date=14 June 2023 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Fox News |date=12 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="ru1">{{cite news |title=Aleppo {{!}} Five members of Russian convoy killed and injured in Turkish bombardment and Russian helicopter fly over region to transport injured people |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301197/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=12 June 2023}}</ref>

==Clashes==
On 10 June, a Turkish [[drone strike]] on a car killed three SDF fighters, including a commander, and injured two others in the town of Ahdas in northern Aleppo province.<ref name="sdf1">{{cite news |title=Including a commander Three members of Kurdish People's Protection units kil*led in drone att*ack |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301051/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=10 June 2023}}</ref>

On 11 June, rockets launched from Kurdish and Syrian Government held territory struck two [[Turkish occupation of northern Syria|Turkish bases in northern Aleppo]], without causing any casualties.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fir*ed from Aleppo Mis*siles target two bases of Turkish forces in Aleppo countryside |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301085/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=12 June 2023}}</ref>

On 12 June, a Russian soldier was killed and four others were seriously injured after their vehicle was struck by Turkish [[artillery]] on the road linking [[Herbel]] with [[Maarat Umm Hawsh]] in northern Aleppo.<ref name="ru1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/reports-turkish-shelling-north-syria-kills-russian-soldier-100006243 |title=Reports say Turkish shelling in north Syria kills a Russian soldier, wounds others |work=ABC News |date=12 June 2023 }}</ref> Later in the day, two SDF fighters were killed and five civilians were injured after a Turkish drone strike in the town of [[Kobani]].<ref name="sdf2">{{cite news |title=Turkish drone attack {{!}} Two combatants killed and five civilians injured in Ain Al-Arab "Kobani" |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301244/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=13 June 2023}}</ref>

On 13 June, three Syrian soldiers were killed by Turkish artillery shelling near the town of [[Oqayba]], while a Turkish drone strike destroyed a Syrian Army tank and injured three soldiers near the town of Bailoniya on the same day.<ref name="saa1">{{cite news |title=Arm*ed drone targets Russian base {{!}} Three regime soldiers kil*led by Turkish shel*ling in Aleppo |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301403/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="saa2">{{cite news |title=Turkish escalation {{!}} Turkish drone targets tank of the regime and inj*ures three members including an officer |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301379/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=13 June 2023}}</ref> In the [[Manbij]] countryside, two SDF fighters were killed and three others were wounded by two separate Turkish drone strikes.<ref name="cas1"/>

On 14 June, a Turkish drone strike killed five Syrian soldiers and injured six others near the town of [[Tell Rifaat]], while two others were injured by artillery shelling.<ref name="saa3">{{cite news |title=Ongoing Turkish escalation Two regime soldier injured in Turkish bombardment on northern countryside of Aleppo |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301424/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=14 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="saa4">{{cite news |title=Turkish attacks 11 regime soldiers killed and injured by drone in Tel Refaat countryside in Aleppo |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301454/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=14 June 2023}}</ref> On the same day Turkish drone strikes and artillery shelling near the villages of Oqayba, [[Dandaniya]] and Al-Sayad killed nine SDF fighters and injured two others, while a separate drone attack targeted a car travelling on the [[Qamishli]]-[[al-Malikiyah]] road killing four SDF fighters and injuring three others.<ref name="sdf3">{{cite news |title=Dramatic escalation {{!}} 26 people killed and injured in 24 hours in attacks by Turkish drones in SDF-controlled areas and areas where Kurdish and regime forces deployed |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301511// |access-date=15 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=15 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="sdf4">{{cite news |title=Death toll update {{!}} member of Kurdish forces died by Turkish bombardment in northern countryside of Aleppo |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/302196/ |access-date=22 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=22 June 2023}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
On 19 June, the Syrian Army deployed reinforcements, including tanks, artillery, and hundreds of troops from the [[Republican Guard (Syria)|Republican Guard]], to the towns of Manbij and [[Arima, Syria|Arima]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Following five attacks by Turkish drones on regime positions {{!}} Large military reinforcement of regime forces arrives in rural Aleppo |url=https://www.syriahr.com/en/301898/ |access-date=19 June 2023 |publisher=SOHR |date=19 June 2023}}</ref>

==Reactions==
[[Turkey]]: [[Ministry of National Defense (Turkey)|Turkey's Defense Ministry]] released a statement saying it had launched a large scale operation in response to the shelling of Turkish territory and that it had "neutralized" 41 terrorists.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suriye'nin kuzeyinde 41 terörist etkisiz hale getirildi |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/fethi-sekinin-sehit-oldugu-saldirinin-talimatini-veren-terorist-etkisiz-hale-getirildi-774737.html |access-date=14 June 2023 |publisher=TRT |date=14 June 2023}}</ref>

[[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|AANES]]: Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), announced the termination of the unilateral ceasefire it had declared due to escalating attacks by Turkey.<ref name="kck"/>

==See also==
*[[Operation Claw-Sword]]
*[[Timeline of the Syrian civil war (2023)]]

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