Russo-Turkish confrontation in Syria

Russo-Turkish confrontation in Syria

Part of the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, and Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War

Turkish Air Force (F-16C Falcon).jpg

Turkish Air Force F-16C flies an aerial superiority mission during Operation Allied Force on April 4, 1999

Date

6 June 2012 – 9 August 2016
(4 years, 2 months and 3 days)

Location

Syria–Turkey border

Result

Impasse settled

Russian embargoes on Turkey
In early July 2016 Turkey and Russia improved diplomatic relations and proposed to cooperate in fighting the Islamic State, with Turkey proposing Russia to use the Incirlik Air Base.
Aleppo offensive (June–August 2016)
Turkey closed its borders with Syria 9 August 2016
Russian-Turkish military, diplomatic and intelligence mechanism set up marking major cooperation.

Belligerents

Political Support:

Russia
Syria
Rojava

Political Support:

Commanders and leaders

Political support (secretly):

Valery Gerasimov
Viktor Bondarev
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
Issam Hallaq

Political support (secretly):

Casualties and losses

Aircraft lost

RF-4E

Aircraft lost

Syrian Mi-17
Syrian MiG-23
Russian Su-24
Russian Mi-17
Unknown origin Orlan-10

Impasse settled

Political Support:

Russia
Syria
Rojava

Political Support:

Political support (secretly):

Valery Gerasimov
Viktor Bondarev
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
Issam Hallaq

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