2020 Balyun airstrikes
On 27 February 2020, during the Dawn of Idlib 2 Operation, a joint airstrike was executed by the Syrian Air Force, and allegedly the Russian Air Force, against a convoy of the Turkish Army stationed in Balyun, within the Idlib Governorate. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reported that the assault resulted in the loss of 34 Turkish soldiers (the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced 33 deaths).