Three Years since International Coalition Forces Intervention Started in Syria: The Bloody Price

The report notes that international coalition forces commenced their military campaign against the terrorist group ISIS in Syria on September 23, 2014. On that day, several airstrikes were carried out on points in Raqqa governorate, such as al Tabaqa Military Airbase and al Lewa’ 93 in Ein Eissa town, while international coalition forces targeted also al Nussra Front in Kafr Daryan village, northern suburbs of Idlib governorate, in airstrikes that resulted in the killing of 12 civilians, including five children and five women.

The report adds that international coalition forces continued their airstrikes on ISIS-held areas, as attacks were concentrated in the governorates of Aleppo, Raqqa, Deir Ez-Zour, and Hasaka, in addition to Homs and Hama governorates to a less extent. international coalition forces never showed an open alignment with one of the parties to the conflict in their attacks. That is, until late-2015, where it was clear that international coalition forces were blatantly supporting Self-Management forces (primarily consisting of the Democratic Union Party – a branch for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party) under the pretext of fighting ISIS.

The report stresses that international coalition forces’ attacks were visibly concentrated in in eastern regions such as Raqqa, Hasaka suburbs, and Deir Ez-Zour, while areas such as Homs and Hama suburbs never saw such escalated airstrikes even though they were under the control of ISIS, because, apparently, are not considered a target and are void of any presence for Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).