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Afrin Liberation Forces
Militant organization in Syria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Afrin Liberation Forces (Kurdish: Hêzên Rizgariya Efrînê) Is a militant organization in Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
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2018
On September 18, 2018, the group carried out two operations in Afrin, which resulted in the death of a Turkish soldier.[1]
2019
On January 21, 2019, the group attacked heavy construction equipment that the Turkish military had used to dig tunnels in Mare'.[2] On April 20, they carried out a series of operations against the Turkish occupation in the villages of Meryamin and Vilat al-Qadi, in addition to the village of Kimara, where more than 6 soldiers die.[3] On May 5, the attacks were repelled by the group after long clashes and at least 40 terrorists, including the so-called field commander of the terrorist groups in Shara and Azaz Ahmad Jamil Harboushi, were killed and 30 others were wounded. On August 5, the group killed 8 fighters belonging to Ahrar al-Sham and Suqour al-Sham at a base near Mare' and injuring another 4, using AK47 rifles and PK light machine guns as well as RPG-7s.[4]
2020
On 6 May, the group released a video of two separate attacks in Afrin region.[5] The group killed 9 militants on May 28.[6]
2024
The group carried out operations between September 9 and October 9, resulting in the death of 24 militants, including two Turkish soldiers, and the wounding of 13 others.[7] The group clashed with Turkish occupation mercenaries in several rural areas of the Afrin and Shahba cantons.[8]
2025
On 6 October, the group was invovled in clashes with the Syrian Transitional Government in Sheikh Maqsood.[9]
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