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2016 Turkish military intervention in Syria
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/2016_Turkish_military_intervention_in_Syria
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Operation_Euphrates_Shield
gptkbp:approvedBy
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:casualties
civilian casualties reported
dozens of Turkish soldiers killed
hundreds of ISIL fighters killed
hundreds of opposition fighters killed
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Recep_Tayyip_Erdoğan
gptkb:Hulusi_Akar
gptkbp:coordinates
Syrian opposition groups
United States (limited coordination)
gptkbp:endDate
2017-03-29
gptkbp:goal
prevent Kurdish territorial expansion
remove ISIL from Turkish-Syrian border
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
2016 Turkish military intervention in Syria
gptkbp:involvedCountry
gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Free_Syrian_Army
gptkb:Syrian_opposition
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Aleppo_Governorate
gptkb:Al-Bab
gptkb:Jarabulus
gptkb:northern_Syria
gptkbp:militaryUnitsInvolved
gptkb:Turkish_Armed_Forces
gptkb:Free_Syrian_Army
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkb:Syrian_Turkmen_Brigades
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Battle_of_Al-Bab
Capture of Dabiq
Capture of Jarabulus
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:Operation_Euphrates_Shield
gptkbp:opposedBy
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Syrian_civil_war
gptkbp:precededBy
ISIL control of border region
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Syrian_civil_war
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Turkey–ISIL conflict
gptkbp:result
Turkish-backed forces capture Jarabulus, Dabiq, Al-Bab
ISIL expelled from border area
Syrian Democratic Forces prevented from linking territories
gptkbp:startDate
2016-08-24
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Operation_Olive_Branch
gptkbp:supportedBy
Syrian Turkmen forces
Turkmen Brigades
United States (limited support)
gptkbp:type
cross-border military operation
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Turkish-Syrian_border
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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