Turkish military intervention in Syria (2016)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Turkish_military_intervention_in_Syria_(2016)
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Euphrates_Shield
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:endDate 2017-03-29
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Operation_Olive_Branch
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Turkish military intervention in Syria (2016)
gptkbp:involvedCountry gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:location gptkb:northern_Syria
gptkbp:objective prevent Kurdish territorial expansion
remove ISIL from Turkish-Syrian border
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Syrian_civil_war
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Syrian_civil_war
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Syrian_civil_war
gptkb:Operation_Olive_Branch
gptkb:Operation_Peace_Spring
gptkb:Turkey–Syria_relations
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
gptkbp:result Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captured Jarabulus, al-Bab, and other towns
gptkbp:significantEvent ISIL suicide attacks
capture of Jarabulus
capture of al-Bab
clashes with YPG forces
gptkbp:startDate 2016-08-24
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Turkish-backed_Free_Syrian_Army
gptkb:Turkish_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:target gptkb:People's_Protection_Units_(YPG)
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Al-Rai_(2016)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7