Operation Olive Branch
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Operation Olive Branch was a 2018 Turkish military offensive into Syria’s Afrin region aimed primarily at Kurdish YPG forces, framed by Ankara as a counterterrorism and border-security operation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Olive Branch canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkish military operation
ⓘ
cross‑border operation ⓘ military offensive ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ |
| announcedByTitleAtTheTime | President of Turkey ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Turkish Air Force
ⓘ
Armed Forces of Turkey ⓘ
surface form:
Turkish Armed Forces
Turkish Land Forces ⓘ Syrian opposition ⓘ
surface form:
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition groups
|
| claimedAdversary |
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
ⓘ
surface form:
PKK
YPG ⓘ |
| claimedAdversaryDesignationByTurkey | terrorist organization ⓘ |
| codename |
Operation Euphrates Shield
ⓘ
surface form:
Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı
|
| codenameLanguage | Turkish ⓘ |
| conflict |
Syrian Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian civil war
|
| controlOutcome | Afrin placed under Turkish and allied Syrian opposition control ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Kurdish political groups
ⓘ
Syrian government ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
civilian casualties
ⓘ
displacement of civilians ⓘ |
| displacedPopulationEstimate | tens of thousands of civilians ⓘ |
| endDate | 2018-03-24 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Operation Peace Spring ⓘ |
| involves |
airstrikes
ⓘ
armored units ⓘ artillery strikes ⓘ infantry units ⓘ |
| justificationClaimedByTurkey |
border security
ⓘ
counterterrorism operation ⓘ |
| location |
Afrin District
ⓘ
Aleppo Governorate ⓘ northern Syria ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Syria
|
| namedAfter | olive branch ⓘ |
| objective |
establish Turkish-controlled zone in Afrin
ⓘ
expel YPG from Afrin ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
People's Protection Units
ⓘ
SDF ⓘ Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian Democratic Forces
YPG ⓘ |
| partOf |
Operation Euphrates Shield
ⓘ
surface form:
Turkish military interventions in the Syrian civil war
|
| precededBy | Operation Euphrates Shield ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Kurdistan Workers' Party
|
| result |
Turkish and allied forces capture Afrin city
ⓘ
YPG withdraws from Afrin city ⓘ |
| startDate | 2018-01-20 ⓘ |
| target |
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian Kurdish forces
YPG positions in Afrin ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | air and ground offensive ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.