Turkish military intervention in the Syrian Civil War

Turkish military intervention in Syria

Map of situation in Aleppo Governorate as of 20 December 2016.

Date	24 August 2016 – present (5 months and 1 week)
Location	Syria-Turkey border, northern Aleppo Governorate
Action	With Turkish lead, Turkey-backed Syrian rebels to secure control of Turkey-Syria border and west of the Euphrates River
Status	Ongoing* Clashes erupt between Turkish-backed FSA and SDF, YPG withdraws to east of Euphrates though Turkey disputes this* As of 24 October, 7,541 refugees returned to areas controlled by rebel forces from Turkey's Gaziantep province alone and population of Jarablus increased by 25,000, currently exceeding 30,000.
Territorial changes	As of 12 January 2017 , Turkish-backed Syrian rebels captured a total of 1,961 square kilometres (757 sq mi), including 224 settlements ISIL-held territory along the Turkish-Syrian border completely captured by the Turkish-backed rebels Turkish-backed rebels capture all villages from the SDF in the Jarabulus area; SDF repels a number of rebel assaults on its Tel Rifaat frontline, and captures two villages from the rebels in the area. As of 11 December, FSA capture al-Bab grain silos, and 2 neighborhoods south of al-Bab

Belligerents

Turkey
Syrian opposition

Support:

United States
(only against ISIL, but not against SDF)

Russia
(against ISIL, only for Turkish army and from 29 December 2016)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Syrian Democratic Forces
International Freedom Battalion

Support:

United States
(only against ISIL, but not against Turkey)

Commanders and leaders

Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı
(Operations chief commander)

Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel
(Second Army commander)

Col. Ahmed Othman
(Sultan Murad Division commander)

Fehim İsa
(Sultan Murad Division commander)

Ali Şeyh Salih (DOW)
(Sultan Murad Division field commander)

Süleyman Reşit †
(Sultan Murad Division field commander)

Kemal Ömer Tilki †
(Sultan Murad Division field commander)

Muhammad al-Gabi (DOW)
(Liberation Army commander)

Mohammad Abu Ibrahim
(Levant Front field commander)

Mustafa Sejari
(Al-Moutasem Brigade political leader)

Abu Mohammed Kafr Zita
(Liberation Brigade commander)

Abdel Karim Alyato †
(13th Division commander)

Mahmoud Abu Hamza
(Descendants of Saladin Brigade commander)

Radwan Ibrahim †
(Descendants of Saladin Brigade commander)

Capt. Abdel Salam Abdel Razaq(Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander)

Capt. Mohammed Abu Mustafa
(Sham Legion commander)

Abu Jafer
(Brigade of Conquest commander)

Ahmad Kheiriye †
(Northern Hawks Brigade field commander)

Abu Bahjat
(Artillery base commander of Levant Front)

Yusuf Sibli
(Qabasin Military Council commander)
Brig. Gen. Abd al-Razaq Aslan
(Police force head)

Abu Ansari †
(Emir of al-Bab)

Abu Hussein al-Tunusi †
(ISIL southern Raqqah field commander)

Muhammad Ahmed
(Jarabulus Military Council commander)

Adnan Abu Amjad(Manbij Military Council commander)

Units involved

Akhtarin Military Council
(from 3 September 2016) Qabasin Military Council
(from 8 November 2016)
Free Idlib Army

Ahrar al-Sharqiya
Liberation Army
Liberation Brigade
(Leader and 50 defectors, rest still in the SDF)
First Division of Aleppo
Brigade of Conquest
Syria Revolutionaries Front remnants

Other Syrian rebels:
Ahrar al-Sham
Army of Sunna
Muntasar Billah Turkmen Brigade

Support:
United States Armed Forces