Turkish Armed Forces casualties in Syria

A Turkish military intervention in Syria started on 24 August 2016, code-named by Turkey as Operation Euphrates Shield, an ongoing cross-border operation by the Turkish military and allied groups in the Syrian Civil War. Operations were ongoing in the region between the Euphrates river to the east and the rebel-held area around Azaz to the west. The Turkish military and Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups, some of which use the Free Syrian Army (FSA) label, have been fighting against forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as well as against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) since 24 August 2016.

List of fatalities

The following is a list of the fatal casualties among the regular Turkish Armed Forces:

Date of deathNumber of deathBranchCause of deathKilled byLocation of death
28 August 20161Turkish Land ForcesHostile fireSDFAleppo Governorate, south of the town of Jarabulus [1]
6 September 20163Turkish Land ForcesHostile fireISISAleppo Governorate, Tel el-Hawa[2]
20 September 20162Turkish Land ForcesExplosionISISAleppo Governorate[3]
5 October 20161Turkish Land ForcesHostile fireISISAleppo Governorate, Ziyara
24 November 20163Turkish Special Operations ForcesSuicide attackISISAleppo Governorate, north of al-Bab
21 December 201612Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesISISAleppo Governorate, al-Bab[4]
20 January 20175Turkish Land ForcesSuicide Car BombISISAleppo Governorate, al-Bab[5]
29 January 20171Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesISISAl Ghuz region, al-Bab[6]
8 February 20172Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesISISAl Bab, al-Bab[7]
8 February 20173Turkish Land ForcesAerial bombingRussiaAl Bab, al-Bab[8]
12 February 20171Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesISISAl Bab, al-Bab[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3761425/Turkish-army-Kurd-backed-forces-clash-north-Syria.html
  2. ↑ http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/deputy-pm-confirms-4-turkish-soldiers-martyred-in-syria/642738
  3. ↑ http://news.trust.org/item/20160920091739-a4rah/
  4. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/turkish-troops-killed-clashes-isil-syria-161221204418681.html
  5. ↑ "Turkish soldiers killed, 9 injured in Daesh attack in al-Bab". Daily Sabah.
  6. ↑ http://www.dailysabah.com/war-on-terror/2017/01/29/one-turkish-soldier-killed-by-daesh-in-northern-syria. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://southfront.org/2-turkish-soldiers-killed-15-injured-during-ongoing-al-bab-offensive/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-albab-idUSKBN15O100. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/erdogan-turkish-troops-isil-bastion-al-bab-170212115151375.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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