Tabqa military airbase

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airport military airbase

Tabqa military airbase is a strategic airfield in northern Syria that has served as a key military installation in the Syrian Civil War due to its location near Raqqa and the Euphrates.

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Label	Occurrences
Tabqa military airbase canonical	2

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ military airbase ⓘ
aircraftTypesOperated	Syrian Air Force fighter aircraft ⓘ Syrian Arab Air Force ⓘ surface form: Syrian Air Force helicopters
approximateDistanceToRaqqa	about 40 kilometers west of Raqqa ⓘ
capturedBy	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2014 ⓘ
conflict	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
controlledBy	Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian government forces
country	Syria ⓘ
hasFacility	ammunition storage areas ⓘ control tower ⓘ hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ maintenance hangars ⓘ
hasRunway	one main runway ⓘ
locatedIn	Raqqa ⓘ surface form: Raqqa Governorate
locatedNear	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River Raqqa ⓘ Tabqa Dam ⓘ
nearbyCity	Al-Thawrah (Tabqa) ⓘ
nearWaterBody	Lake Assad ⓘ
partOf	Syrian Arab Air Force ⓘ surface form: Syrian Arab Air Force base network
previouslyControlledBy	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces Syrian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian government forces
recapturedBy	Syrian Democratic Forces in 2017 ⓘ
region	northern Syria ⓘ
roleInConflict	key government stronghold in Raqqa region before 2014 ⓘ major objective in anti-ISIL campaigns around Raqqa ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Euphrates River corridor ⓘ control of approaches to Raqqa ⓘ
strategicRole	project air power in eastern Syria ⓘ support operations along the Euphrates valley ⓘ
supportedBy	United States-led coalition ⓘ surface form: United States-led coalition (during SDF operations)
usedBy	Syrian Arab Air Force ⓘ Syrian Arab Army ⓘ
usedFor	combat air operations ⓘ logistics ⓘ troop deployment ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Tabqa Dam → nearbyInfrastructure → Tabqa military airbase ⓘ

Al-Thawrah → hasNearbyInfrastructure → Tabqa military airbase ⓘ