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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. Turkish military operation in Syria Operation Spring Shield Part of the 2019–2020 northwestern Syria offensive and Turkish military operations in Idlib as part of Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war The situation after the ceasefire. Date 27 February – 6 March 2020 (1 week and ...
On 1 March, Turkey initiated a military operation code-named as Operation Spring Shield (Turkish: Bahar Kalkanı Harekâtı), against the Syrian regime, which aims to protect local Syrians and to install a lasting ceasefire, according to the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar. [230]
On 1 March, Turkey's defence minister Hulusi Akar announced the continuation of Operation Spring Shield, which was launched on 27 February. [304] [305] Turkish F-16Cs shot down two Syrian Su-24M2 jets in the western Idlib countryside; [305] [65] [306] Syrian state-run media said that both pilots parachuted and survived. [307]
In 2019, Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring against the SDF. On 9 October, the Turkish Air Force launched airstrikes on border towns. [142] On 6 October President of the United States Donald Trump had ordered United States troops to withdraw from northeastern Syria where they had been providing support to the SDF. [143]
This is the order of battle for the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, codenamed "Operation Peace Spring" by Turkey.The pro-Turkish forces, including the Syrian National Army, are opposed by the armed forces of the NES, including the Syrian Democratic Forces.
In May 2022 Turkish and opposition Syrian officials said that Turkey's Armed Forces and the Syrian National Army are planning a new operation against the SDF, composed mostly of the YPG/YPJ. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The new operation is set to resume efforts to create 30-kilometer (18.6-mile) wide "safe zones" along Turkey's border with Syria, President ...
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Operation Euphrates Shield (2016–2017) Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate (2017–present) Operation Olive Branch (2018–2019) — Turkish offensive in Syria against the PYD and the YPG. Operation Peace Spring (2019) Operation Spring Shield (2020)