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HomeOperation Euphrates Shield

Operation Euphrates Shield

Egypt Latest News

Egyptian Newspaper Interviews Leader of PYD, Designated by Turkey as a Terrorist Organization

May 12, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Ankara considers the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) a terrorist group affiliated with the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) which has fought an insurgency in southeastern Turkey since 1984. Al-Watan, a daily Egyptian newspaper, conducted [ More … ]

Turkey Latest News

Threats against Turkey remain, defense minister says

March 31, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

End of Operation Euphrates Shield does not mean threats against Turkey are completely over, Fikri Isik says The end of Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria does not mean threats are over, Defense Minister Fikri [ More … ]

Syria Latest News

Turkish Deputy PM ties al-Bab success to Euphrates Shield

February 11, 2017 MEO Staff

Turkey’s operation in Syria to achieve goal with success of operation in al-Bab, says Numan Kurtulmus “If you say, ‘Let’s clean Daesh but place there PYD/YPG,’ in Raqqa, this becomes a national security issue for [ More … ]

Islamic State Latest News

Turkish military kills 22 Daesh terrorists in Syria

January 27, 2017 MEO Staff

As part of the ongoing Euphrates Shield Operation, the Turkish military neutralizes 22 Daesh terrorists and destroys 272 Daesh positions in northern Syria in the past 24 hours The Turkish military destroyed 272 Daesh targets [ More … ]

Will Assad regime leave Turkey continue its operations in Syria ?
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Will Assad regime leave Turkey continue its operations in Syria ?

November 25, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The Turkish military operations in Syria against both ISIS and the Kurdish militias have made great success in cleaning the border area of militant presence. However, this advance didn’t suit Assad regime which threatened Turkey and [ More … ]

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels retrieve Jarablus
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Syrian rebels press towards al-bab, compete with Kurdish militias

November 14, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Syrian rebel fighters, backed by Turkish military, started a new offensive to drive Islamic State from the Syrian city of al-Bab, competing with Kurdish militias who sought to control the city and threatening the Kurdish [ More … ]

Syria: ISIS counter attacks Syrian rebels, captures several villages
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Syria: ISIS counter attacks rebels, captures several villages

October 8, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Islamic State militants captured several villages from Syrian rebels in a counter-attack near the Turkish border that forced the foreign-backed insurgents to retreat, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The rebels, whom Turkey has [ More … ]

Islamic State Latest News

Turkey strikes Daesh targets in northern Syria

October 7, 2016 MEO Staff

– Since the start of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military has so far destroyed over 1,990 Daesh targets – The Turkish army hit at least 49 Daesh targets in northern Syria early Friday as part [ More … ]

Turkish army attacks 67 ISIS targets inside Syria, kills five militants
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Turkish army attacks 67 ISIS targets inside Syria, kills five militants

September 18, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The Turkish military said 67 ISIS targets were hit and five militants were killed Saturday in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield. According to a statement issued by the Turkish General Staff on [ More … ]

Syrians in Jarablus celebrate first safe Eid since 2 years
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Syrians in Jarablus celebrate first safe Eid since 2 years

September 14, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Syrian people returning to the liberated city of Jarablus are happy to observe their first terror-free Eid al-Adha in two and a half years. Jarablus was cleared of ISIS on August 24, as part of [ More … ]

Column: Turkey reaches critical crossroads in Syria
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Column: Turkey reaches critical crossroads in Syria

September 11, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Now that control of the Turkey-Syria border has been wrested from the Islamic State (ISIS) between al-Rai and Jarablus, what will Ankara’s next target be: ISIS in al-Bab or the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) [ More … ]

Syrian Crisis: Turkish army enters a new front, Rebels continue to advance and fight ISIS
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Syrian Crisis: Turkish army enters a new front, Rebels continue to advance

September 4, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Turkish army has sent more tanks into northern Syria to the west of a border town seized from the Islamic State (ISIS) group last week, opening a new front in a cross-border intervention aimed at sweeping its [ More … ]

Column

Column: Turkey’s Euphrates Shield operation winning card

September 2, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Barely a month after the traumatic July 15 failed coup attempt, Turkey launched a military operation in Syria last week. Supported and armed by Turkey, Free Syrian Army units swiftly took control of border town [ More … ]

Turkey wants to secure a strip of territory on its Syrian border
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Turkey wants to secure a strip of territory on its Syrian border

August 31, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Turkey wants to clear Islamic State from a 90 km (56 miles) stretch of territory on the Syrian side of its border, an official said on Wednesday, a week after launching an operation that have [ More … ]

Column

Starting the defense of Anatolia from Syria

August 29, 2016 MEO Staff

By: Ibrahim Karagül* – Turkey did not initiate any war; a war was waged on Turkey. Operation “Euphrates Shield” is a defense that started from Jarabulus. July 15 was the main frame of this war. [ More … ]

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