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	7