 On 3 February 2020, mauto eSyria neTurkey akachinjana kupfura muIdlib, Latakia uye kuchamhembe kweAleppo kumaruwa panguva ye5th yekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweSyria.. Turkey neSOHR dzakataura kuti varwi vanomwe veTurkey, mumwe mugadziri wehurumende, uye varwi veSyria gumi nevatatu vakaurayiwa. Mutungamiri weTurkey Erdoğan akakumbira kuti mauto eRussia muIdlib asimuke; zvisinei akaramba mukana wekurwisana zvakananga neRussia achiti Turkey neRussia zvaizotaura nezvenyaya iyi pasina kutsamwa. Musi wa 10 Kukadzi, mauto ehurumende yeSyria akapfura nzvimbo yekutarisa yeTurkey ichangobva kuvakwa paTaftanaz Military Airbase, ichiuraya varwi vashanu veTurkey, sekureva kweTurkey Ministry of Defense. Maererano neSOHR, varwi vatanhatu veTurkey nevapanduki vana veSyria vakaurayiwa mukurwisa. Musi waFebruary 11, mauto eTurkey akapfura helikopta yehurumende yeSyria, Mil Mi-17, pedyo neNayrab ichiuraya vashandi vayo vese. Musi waFebruary 27, varwi veTurkey 33 vakaurayiwa mukurwiswa nendege kwakaitwa neSyria Air Force. Naizvozvo, Turkey nemauto ayo akabatana nawo vakatanga kurwisa mauto ehurumende nevabatsiri vavo kusvikira vatorazve Saraqib, uye vakacheka mugwagwa mukuru weM5 unobva kuDhamasiko uchienda kuAleppo zvakare. 