Operation Peace Spring
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Operation Peace Spring was a 2019 Turkish military offensive into northeastern Syria aimed at pushing back Kurdish-led forces and establishing a so-called safe zone along the Turkey–Syria border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Operation Peace Spring canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Peace Spring Context triple: [Armed Forces of Turkey, conflict, Operation Peace Spring]
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A.
Operation Spring Awakening
Operation Spring Awakening was Nazi Germany’s last major offensive of World War II, launched in March 1945 near Lake Balaton in Hungary in a failed attempt to secure vital oil fields and halt the Soviet advance.
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B.
Operation Peace for Galilee
Operation Peace for Galilee was the codename for Israel’s 1982 military invasion of Lebanon aimed at expelling the Palestine Liberation Organization and reshaping Lebanon’s political landscape.
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C.
Operation New Dawn
Operation New Dawn was the U.S. military phase marking the formal end of combat operations and transition to stability and advisory missions in Iraq beginning in 2010.
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D.
Operation Joshua
Operation Joshua was a 1985 Israeli-led airlift that rescued and relocated hundreds of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel as part of a broader effort to bring the Ethiopian Jewish community to safety.
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E.
Operation Provide Comfort
Operation Provide Comfort was a post–Gulf War multinational humanitarian and military mission led by the United States and its allies to protect Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq from Saddam Hussein’s forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Peace Spring Target entity description: Operation Peace Spring was a 2019 Turkish military offensive into northeastern Syria aimed at pushing back Kurdish-led forces and establishing a so-called safe zone along the Turkey–Syria border.
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A.
Operation Spring Awakening
Operation Spring Awakening was Nazi Germany’s last major offensive of World War II, launched in March 1945 near Lake Balaton in Hungary in a failed attempt to secure vital oil fields and halt the Soviet advance.
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B.
Operation Peace for Galilee
Operation Peace for Galilee was the codename for Israel’s 1982 military invasion of Lebanon aimed at expelling the Palestine Liberation Organization and reshaping Lebanon’s political landscape.
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C.
Operation New Dawn
Operation New Dawn was the U.S. military phase marking the formal end of combat operations and transition to stability and advisory missions in Iraq beginning in 2010.
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D.
Operation Joshua
Operation Joshua was a 1985 Israeli-led airlift that rescued and relocated hundreds of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel as part of a broader effort to bring the Ethiopian Jewish community to safety.
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E.
Operation Provide Comfort
Operation Provide Comfort was a post–Gulf War multinational humanitarian and military mission led by the United States and its allies to protect Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq from Saddam Hussein’s forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkish military offensive
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| affectedGroup |
Syrian
ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian Arabs
Kurds ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian Kurds
Syrian refugees ⓘ |
| aim |
establish a safe zone in northern Syria
ⓘ
push back Kurdish-led forces from Turkey–Syria border ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Operation Euphrates Shield
ⓘ
surface form:
Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria (2019)
|
| belligerent |
Syrian National Army
ⓘ
Armed Forces of Turkey ⓘ
surface form:
Turkish Armed Forces
|
| ceasefireAgreementWith |
Russia
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| codename | Barış Pınarı Harekâtı ⓘ |
| conflict |
Syrian Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian civil war
|
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Arab League
ⓘ
European Union ⓘ United States Congress ⓘ human rights organizations ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
demographic engineering
ⓘ
ethnic cleansing of Kurds ⓘ human rights violations ⓘ |
| justificationClaimedByTurkey |
counterterrorism against YPG
ⓘ
creation of a safe zone for Syrian refugees ⓘ |
| languageOfCodename | Turkish ⓘ |
| location |
Kurdistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Rojava
Turkish–Syrian border area ⓘ
surface form:
Turkey–Syria border
northeastern Syria ⓘ |
| opponent |
Russian Armed Forces
ⓘ
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian Democratic Forces
Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian government forces
United States Armed Forces ⓘ YPG ⓘ |
| partOf | Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Operation Euphrates Shield
ⓘ
Operation Olive Branch ⓘ |
| result |
Turkish control over a strip of territory in northeastern Syria
ⓘ
U.S. sanctions on Turkey ⓘ ceasefire agreements with the United States and Russia ⓘ displacement of Kurdish and other local populations ⓘ international condemnation ⓘ |
| startDate | 2019-10-09 ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Syrian National Army ⓘ |
| target |
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian Democratic Forces
YPG ⓘ |
| territorialObjective | area between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn ⓘ |
| year | 2019 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Operation Peace Spring Description of subject: Operation Peace Spring was a 2019 Turkish military offensive into northeastern Syria aimed at pushing back Kurdish-led forces and establishing a so-called safe zone along the Turkey–Syria border.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.