Operation Euphrates Shield order of battle

This is the order of battle for 2016-2017 Turkish cross-border military offensive, codenamed "Operation Euphrates Shield" by Turkey.

Turkey and allied forces

Turkey

• Turkish Armed Forces
  • Turkish Land Forces
    • Third Army
      • 57th Commando Regiment^[1]
    • General Staff
      • Special forces
  • Turkish Naval Forces^[2]
    • Underwater Offence (Turkish Armed Forces)
    • SAS EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)
    • Amphibious Marine Brigade (Turkish Armed Forces)
  • Turkish Air Force
    • 8th Main Jet Base Group Command (8. Ana Jet Üs Komutanlığı) (Diyarbakır)
      • 181st Squadron "Leopard" (181. Filo "Pars") - F-16C/D Block 40TM/Block 50+ Fighting Falcon (LANTIRN-specialised)
      • 182nd Squadron "Accipiter" (182. Filo "Atmaca") - F-16C/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon
      • 202nd Liaison and SAR Squadron "East" (202. İrtibat ve Arama-Kurtarma Filosu "Şark") - CN-235M-100, AS-532UL Mk.1+
    • 9th Main Jet Base Command (9. Ana Jet Üs Komutanlığı) (Balıkesir)

Free Syrian Army

• Hawar Kilis Operations Room
  • Sultan Murad Division^[b][3][4]
  • Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade^[b]
  • Levant Front^[5]
  • Descendants of Saladin Brigade^[6]
  • Hamza Division^[7]
  • Al-Moutasem Brigade^[8]
  • Fastaqim Union
  • Sham Legion^[9]
  • Jaysh al-Nukhba^[10]
  • Ahrar al-Sharqiya^[11]
  • Conquest Brigade^[12]
• Authenticity and Development Front
• Muntasir Billah Brigade^[13]
• Al-Fauj al-Awwal^[14]
• Free Idlib Army^[15][16][17]
• Syria Revolutionaries Front remnants^[18]
• Hazzm Movement remnants^[19]

Ahrar al-Sham^[20]
Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement ^[20]
Support:
United States Armed Forces^[a]

• • United States Air Force
  • United States special operations forces
  • United States Army

Russian Armed Forces^[a]

• • Aerospace Forces

British Armed Forces^[a]

• • Royal Air Force

ISIL

Military of ISIL

• Wilayat Halab

Syrian Democratic Forces and allied forces

Syrian Democratic Forces

• Manbij Military Council
  • Northern Sun Battalion^[21]
  • Seljuq Brigade^[22]
  • Manbij Revolutionaries Battalion

Jarabulus Military Council^[23]

• • Euphrates Jarabulus Brigades
  • Free Jarabulus Brigades
  • Jarabulus Hawks Brigades
• YPG
• YPJ
• Anti-Terror Units^[24]
  Northern Democratic Brigade^[25]

International Freedom Battalion

• MLKP
• TKP/ML TİKKO
• United Freedom Forces
• Bob Crow Brigade^[26]
• Antifascist Internationalist Tabur^[27]

Support:
United States Armed Forces^[a]

• United States Air Force
• United States special operations forces

Syrian Government and allied forces

Syria

• Syrian Armed Forces

Support:
Russian Armed Forces^[a]

• Aerospace Forces

Notes

^ a: Only against ISIL
^ b: Part of the Syrian Turkmen Brigades as well