The Turkish Special Forces are playing a key role in the operation launched at 04.00 a.m. on Aug. 24 to back the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to free the Syrian town of Jarablus from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
"Keklice ve #Cerablus bölgesinde tespit edilen hedeflere F-16'lar hava taarruzu icra ediyor" https://t.co/3yju6Ft9lj pic.twitter.com/LBOHbdnd2X
— Al Jazeera Türk (@AJTurk) August 24, 2016
IŞİD'e yönelik harekatın sürdüğü #Cerablus'ta ÖSO güçlerinin tanklar önündeki görüntüleri paylaşılıyor. @sayed_ridha pic.twitter.com/BqECytm51I
— 140journos (@140journos) August 24, 2016
#Cerablus 'a büyük harekatı başlattık. Allah Türkiye'yi ve Milletimizi korusun. https://t.co/3LpPp8W8mm pic.twitter.com/Q00yR9lZNz
— Metin Feyzioğlu (@metinfeyzioglu) August 24, 2016
Campaign aims to ‘cleanse’ jihadis from Jarablus – terror group’s last key hub on the 500-mile Syria-Turkey border
The U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Ankara on Aug. 24, hours after a joint operation by the Turkish military and coalition forces was launched to capture the ISIL-held Jarablus region in Syria
Turkish armed forces has begun its cross-border “Euphrates Shield” operation against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) early on Aug. 24 both with aerial strikes and with ground forces backed by strikes from rocket launchers, howitzers and tanks
The Turkish armed forces has begun its cross-border “Euphrates Shield” operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) early on Aug. 24 with aerial strikes and with ground forces backed by strikes from rocket launchers, howitzers and tanks
Turkey will be defeated as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, according to Salih Muslim, the head of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD)
The Turkish military launched the Jerablus operation “against terror organizations such as DAESH and the PYD,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said
The incursion, backed by U.S. air support, drastically escalates Turkey’s role in the Syrian conflict in an effort meant to clear Islamic State militants from the border.
A campaign has been launched by Turkish Armed Forces Joint Special Mission Forces and US-led coalition air forces on ISIS in Jarablus region in Aleppo in Syria.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the morning of Aug. 24 paid a visit to the Turkish Parliament, which was bombarded by soldiers attempting to stage a military coup on July 15
Turkey’s prime minister’s office said the Turkish military and the U.S.-backed coalition forces on Wednesday launched an operation to clear a Syrian border town from Islamic State militants.
Turkey sends tanks across the Syrian border after bombarding positions held by so-called Islamic State, in an operation also aimed at deterring Kurdish fighters.
Turkey evacuated Karkamis near Syria, as it prepares an offensive against so-called Islamic State holding Jarablus.
A cease-fire with the Syrian government puts Kurdish militias much closer to control of Hasaka Province, which would be the third lost by President Bashar al-Assad.
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