Sir, That's not exactly true.
Both operations began with the special units and commandos. But there are tens of kilometers of concrete tunnels on the field and thousands of ATGMs distributed uncontrollably. There is a 7-year war in Syria. Most of the world's most experienced ATGM teams are currently in Syria.
Both ISIS and the PKK tried guerrilla warfare against the Turkish army. But failed strategy is ( which was tried in ES op ) to keep the front lines of the Turkish army with low levels and limited military capacity FSA units . Already in the OB operation this scheme was abandoned. For this reason, the PKK could not hold any point in OB operation and take about 3000 losses in 2 months. Half of the power in the area has been destroyed.
The biggest casualty of the Turkish army in Syria was ISIS's Raid of AlBab-Akil. TAF Unit's sight fell to about 2 meters below, and they tried raid on dense fog with collaborators in the town. We lost 2 tanks there. Therefore, UAV's are now equipped with SAR systems. The physical conditions in the field is no longer an operative problem. In addition, special units equipments now includes tunnel detection systems and behind-the-wall radars.
During the ES and OB operations, over 100 asymmetric ATGM attacks were carried out against the armored elements of the TSK. Apart from electronic and hardkill / softkill systems, there are tactics and strategies developed by both the TAF and the Syrian regime forces against asymmetric terorist elements and theirs ATGM teams. I wouldn't explain them right here.
Also There is also the fact that the Syrian airspace is under Russian control and we have problems from time to time in the disputed areas with the regime. Here, we can say that risk planning is under the pressure of the time factor. In case of CAS problems, a number of systems and strategies have been developed with the experience gained in the field. In the operation to the east of the Euphrates, we will have the opportunity to see the size of this progress.
Anyway, the topic is very nice and I would follow up with interest.