What the records say
- When
- 24 Aug 2016 – 29 Mar 2017
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 36.83° N, 38.02° E
- Description
- 2016 military operation
Operation Euphrates Shield
Turkish cross-border military operation
Operation Euphrates Shield was an offensive by the Turkish Armed Forces and the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army, which led to the Turkish occupation of northern Syria. Operations were carried out in the region between the Euphrates river to the east and the rebel-held area around Azaz to the west.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de l'opération Bouclier de l'Euphrate”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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