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 7