Turkey–Islamic State conflict
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The Turkey–Islamic State conflict were a series of attacks and clashes between the state of Turkey and the Islamic State. Turkey joined the War against the Islamic State in 2016, after the Islamic State attacks in Turkey. The Turkish Armed Forces' Operation Euphrates Shield was aimed against both the Islamic State and the SDF. Part of Turkish-occupied northern Syria, around Jarabulus and al-Bab, was taken after Turkey drove the Islamic State out of it.
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Turkey–Islamic State conflict | |||||||
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Part of the spillover of the Syrian civil war and the military intervention against ISIL | |||||||
Territories controlled by the belligerents of the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Supported by: United States |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Former:
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Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2023–present) Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi † (2022–23) Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022) † Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi † (2019–22) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi † (2014–19) Ilhami Bali (Senior IS leader in Turkey)[4] Yunus Durmaz † (IS leader in Turkey, Gaziantep)[5] Abu Husen Tunusi †[6] (IS emir) Abu Ensari †[7] (IS emir) Abu Khalid al-Urduni † (IS Governor of al-Bab)[8] Abu Ja'fr Dagestani † (IS emir)[9] Neil Prakash (POW)(Australian IS leader)[10] Abu Ibrahim Al-Faransi (POW)[11] (French emir of al-Bab) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
423,299 military personnel 182,805 Gendarmes[12] (2014 figures) |
IS military: 15,000–20,000 (late 2016)[13] Dokumacılar: 60–70 Gaziantep terror cell: 150+ fighters | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
71 Turkish security forces killed[14][15][16][17][18] 614 SNA killed (Operation Euphrates Shield)[19] |
3,500 killed or captured and 5,500 arrested (Acc. to Turkey)[20] | ||||||
304 civilians killed and 1,182 wounded by IS attacks across Turkey between 2014–2017[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] 540+ Syrian civilians killed during the Turkish military intervention[32][33] |
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