Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate

Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate
Part of the Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war

Turkish flags represent Turkish observation posts and other military installations as of 20 December 2020
Date7 October 2017[1] – present
(7 years, 1 month, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Idlib Governorate, Aleppo Governorate, Latakia Governorate and Hama Governorate Syria
Result

Ongoing

  • Turkish Armed Forces establish 70–78 military bases and observation points as of October 2020.[2][3]
Belligerents
 Turkey
Syrian National Army
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham		 Syrian Arab Republic
 Hezbollah		 Al-Qaeda
Anti-ceasefire Hayat Tahrir al-Sham factions
Units involved

Turkish Armed Forces

Unknown
  • Kata'ib Khattab al-Shishani[6] (possibly Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad)[7]
Strength
Turkey 20,000—30,000[8]
Casualties and losses
Turkey (54 soldiers, 2 civilian including baylun Airstrike contractors)[9][note 1]
Unknown		 SyriaHezbollah 197+ killed by TAF[10] 4 killed by TAF

The Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate (Turkish: İdlib Harekâtı), code-named Idlib De-escalation Control Force activities[11] (Turkish: İdlib Gerginliği Azaltma Kontrol Gücü faaliyetleri) by Turkey, is an operation by the Turkish Armed Forces which started in October 2017, following the earlier Operation Euphrates Shield. It is the third cross-border operation by the Turkish military, following Operation Euphrates Shield and Operation Shah Euphrates.

  1. ^ "First Turkish military convoy enters Syria's Idlib". Reuters. 7 October 2017.
  2. ^ "في إطار سعيها لرصد منطقة معرة النعمان جنوبي إدلب.. القوات التركية تنشئ نقطة عسكرية جديدة في جبل الزاوية". 9 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ "سحب نقاط المراقبة التركية المحاصرة شمالي سوريا .. السياق والأهداف والسيناريوهات المتوقعة". 22 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b Blane Wallace (31 March 2020). "Turkey's Military Buildup in Syria's Idlib Province". Institute for the Study of War.
  5. ^ Sebastien Roblin (2 March 2020). "Turkish Drones and Artillery Are Devastating Assad's Forces In Idlib Province-Here's Why". Forbes.
  6. ^ Khaled al-Khateb (10 February 2021). "Who benefits from attacks on Turkish forces in Idlib?". Al-Monitor.
  7. ^ Neil Hauer (16 September 2020). "Kata'ib Khattab al-Shishani: Fact or fiction?". Middle East Institute.
  8. ^ "James Jeffrey: The Russians realize that they are sinking into the "Syrian quagmire" and we will keep the pressure on them". fresh-syria.net/. Al-Asharq Al-Awsat. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  9. ^ 1 killed (6 Feb. 2018),[1] 1 killed (6 April 2019),[2] 1 killed (28 June 2019),[3] 58 killed (3 Feb.-5 March 2020; per Turkish President),[4][5] 72 killed (3 Feb.-5 March 2020; per SOHR),[6][7][8] 3 killed (18–19 March 2020),[9] 1 killed (27 May 2020),[10] 1 killed (5 June 2020),[11] 1 killed (12 June 2020),[12] 1 killed (6 Sep. 2020),[13] 1 killed (9 Sep. 2020),[14] 10 killed (2021),[15][16] total of 79–93 reported killed
  10. ^ "Military escalation in "De-escalation zone" 51 days on: 1,200,000 people displaced…2,640 killed…276 areas fall to regime forces". Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "İdlib'ten acı haber". odatv.com.


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