Operation Euphrates Shield

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cross-border military intervention military operation

Operation Euphrates Shield was a Turkish-led military intervention launched in northern Syria in 2016 to push back ISIS and limit Kurdish militia influence along Turkey’s border.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Euphrates Shield canonical	4
Fırat Kalkanı Harekâtı	1
Northern Syria campaign of the Syrian civil war	1
Turkish military interventions in the Syrian civil war	1
Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria (2019)	1
Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cross-border military intervention ⓘ military operation ⓘ
belligerent	Free Syrian Army ⓘ Syrian National Army ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
borderConcern	security of Turkey's southern border ⓘ
casualtiesDescription	resulted in casualties among Turkish forces, allied Syrian rebels, ISIS, Kurdish forces, and civilians ⓘ
codename	Operation Euphrates Shield self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fırat Kalkanı Harekâtı
conflict	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
country	Turkey ⓘ
createdEntity	Turkish–Syrian border area ⓘ surface form: Turkish-controlled Euphrates Shield Zone in northern Syria
displacedControlFrom	ISIS ⓘ Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
endDate	2017-03-29 ⓘ
followedBy	Operation Olive Branch ⓘ Operation Peace Spring ⓘ
leadership	Armed Forces of Turkey ⓘ surface form: Turkish Armed Forces
legalRationaleClaimedByTurkey	self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter ⓘ
location	Aleppo Governorate ⓘ Marj Dabiq ⓘ surface form: Dabiq Jarabulus ⓘ al-Bab ⓘ
namedAfter	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River
objective	to clear ISIS from the Turkish–Syrian border area ⓘ to create a security zone in northern Syria ⓘ to prevent Kurdish territorial continuity west of the Euphrates River ⓘ
opponent	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: ISIL ISIS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant People's Protection Units ⓘ Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces YPG ⓘ
partOf	Turkish military interventions in Syria ⓘ
precededBy	Turkish cross-border artillery strikes against ISIS in Syria ⓘ
result	Turkish-backed forces captured Jarabulus from ISIS ⓘ Turkish-backed forces captured al-Bab from ISIS ⓘ establishment of a Turkish-controlled zone in northern Aleppo Governorate ⓘ
startDate	2016-08-24 ⓘ
status	completed ⓘ
supportedBy	Turkish Air Force ⓘ Turkish Land Forces ⓘ Turkish Special Forces ⓘ Turkish armor units ⓘ Turkish artillery units ⓘ
theatre	northern Syria ⓘ
year	2016 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armed Forces of Turkey → conflict → Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ

Turkish Air Force → conflict → Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ

Battle of Kobani → theater → Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Syria campaign of the Syrian civil war

Operation Euphrates Shield → codename → Operation Euphrates Shield self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fırat Kalkanı Harekâtı

Operation Olive Branch → codename → Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı

Operation Olive Branch → precededBy → Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ

Operation Olive Branch → partOf → Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkish military interventions in the Syrian civil war

Operation Peace Spring → precededBy → Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ

Operation Peace Spring → alternativeName → Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria (2019)