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This happened on October 10th and is an extremely important event it is effecting tens of thousands of people, and is directly related to the article it should obviously be documented. No idea why it was deleted.
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The '''2019 Rojava offensive''', called '''Operation Peace Spring''' ({{lang-tr|Barış Pınarı Harekâtı}}; {{lang-ar|عملية نبع السلام}}) by the [[Turkey|Turkish]] government, is an ongoing military operation and [[invasion]] conducted by the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] and the Turkish-allied opposition [[Syrian National Army]] (SNA) against areas under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES), commonly called [[Rojava]], and the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF).
The '''2019 Rojava offensive''', called '''Operation Peace Spring''' ({{lang-tr|Barış Pınarı Harekâtı}}; {{lang-ar|عملية نبع السلام}}) by the [[Turkey|Turkish]] government, is an ongoing military operation conducted by the [[Turkish Armed Forces]] and the Turkish-allied opposition [[Syrian National Army]] (SNA) against areas under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES), commonly called [[Rojava]], and the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF).


On 6 October 2019, the Trump administration ordered American troops to withdraw from northeast Syria, where the United States had been supporting their Kurdish allies.<ref name=withdraw/> The military operation began on 9 October 2019 when the [[Turkish Air Force]] launched airstrikes on border towns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/09/turkey-launches-military-operation-in-northern-syria-erdogan|title=Turkey launches military operation in northern Syria|work=The Guardian|author=Bethan McKernan|date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
On 6 October 2019, the Trump administration ordered American troops to withdraw from northeast Syria, where the United States had been supporting their Kurdish allies.<ref name=withdraw/> The military operation began on 9 October 2019 when the [[Turkish Air Force]] launched airstrikes on border towns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/09/turkey-launches-military-operation-in-northern-syria-erdogan|title=Turkey launches military operation in northern Syria|work=The Guardian|author=Bethan McKernan|date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
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Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] announced in the day that 109 SDF fighters were killed in operation as well as a number of wounded and captured fighters without specifying the number. In a speech to lawmakers from his AKP party, President Erdogan also threatened to flood Europe with 3.6 million refugees if European nations continued to criticize the military operation, in particular if they labelled it an invasion.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/erdogan-syria-turkey-kurds-europe-refugees-invasion-sdf-latest-middle-east-a9150271.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/109-terrorists-killed-in-turkish-offensive-in-syria-says-erdogan-1.4046183|title=109 ‘terrorists’ killed in Turkish offensive in Syria, says Erdogan|date=10 October 2019|website=The Irish Times}}</ref>
Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] announced in the day that 109 SDF fighters were killed in operation as well as a number of wounded and captured fighters without specifying the number. In a speech to lawmakers from his AKP party, President Erdogan also threatened to flood Europe with 3.6 million refugees if European nations continued to criticize the military operation, in particular if they labelled it an invasion.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/erdogan-syria-turkey-kurds-europe-refugees-invasion-sdf-latest-middle-east-a9150271.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/109-terrorists-killed-in-turkish-offensive-in-syria-says-erdogan-1.4046183|title=109 ‘terrorists’ killed in Turkish offensive in Syria, says Erdogan|date=10 October 2019|website=The Irish Times}}</ref>

Following Turkish bombardment of towns 60,000 people have fled across the region.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/world/middleeast/syria-turkey-offensive.html</ref><ref>https://www.apnews.com/8500277b239b4acab805e5e2bdb43938</ref> Leading to what is being called a Human Catstophe.<ref>https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/humanitarian-catastrophe-civilians-flee-as-turkey-launches-trump-sanctioned-military-assault-on-kurds-in-syria/</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/09/on-the-edge-of-a-humanitarian-catastrophe-turkish-offensive-begins</ref><ref>https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/09/humanitarian-catastrophe-civilians-flee-turkey-launches-trump-sanctioned-military</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/464950-syrian-democratic-forces-official-warns-of</ref>


A total 6 Turkish civilians 4 of them under the age of 18, were killed and 70 civilians were wounded by SDF shelling in Turkey on the second day of the operation according to Turkish media.<ref>http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/akcakaleye-roket-dustu-41348028</ref><ref>https://www.haberturk.com/son-dakika-akcakale-ye-roket-ve-havanli-saldiri-yaralilar-var-2529744</ref><ref>http://www.haber7.com/guncel/haber/2905023-son-dakika-haberi-ypg-sivilleri-hedef-aldi-cok-sayida-yarali</ref><ref>https://www.iha.com.tr/haber-21-ayri-noktaya-havan-dustu-2-sehit-46-yarali-805880/</ref><ref>https://www.iha.com.tr/haber-nusaybinde-bir-siteye-havan-topu-dustu-1-sehit-7-yarali-805881/</ref><ref>https://www.memurlar.net/haber/860458/nusaybin-de-bir-siteye-havan-topu-dustu-2-olu-24-yarali.html</ref> 3 civilians were killed including a 9 month old Syrian refugee baby and an 11 year old Turkish girl and 46 Turkish civilians were injured by an SDF rocket attack at the Turkish border town of [[Akçakale]] on 10 October 2019 according to Turkish media including 2 children among the injuries.<ref>https://www.sanliurfaolay.com/haber/urfada-bir-cocuk-daha-sehit-oldu/36786</ref><ref>https://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2019/10/10/akcakaleden-aci-haber</ref><ref>https://www.haberturk.com/son-dakika-akcakale-ye-roket-ve-havanli-saldiri-yaralilar-var-2529744</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iha.com.tr/haber-suriye-milli-ordusu-resulayna-giris-yapti-805846/|title=Suriye Milli Ordusu, Resulayn’a giriş yaptı|website=İhlas Haber Ajansı}}</ref><ref>https://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/mardin-ve-sanliurfada-biri-bebek-5-kisi-sehit-oldu-435116.html</ref> 3 civilians were also killed including 12 and 15 year old girls and their 48 year old mother, and 24 were injured by an SDF mortar attack at the Turkish town of [[Nusaybin]].<ref>http://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/akcakale-ve-nusaybinden-aci-haber-6-sehit-70-yarali-6052348</ref><ref>https://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/mardinde-2si-cocuk-3-kisi-sehit-oldu-435125.html</ref> 60,000 people have fled from border towns in the SDF following Turkish bombardment.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/world/middleeast/syria-turkey-offensive.html</ref><ref>https://www.apnews.com/8500277b239b4acab805e5e2bdb43938</ref> As fighting went on around Tel Abyad the Syrian National Army announced it captured the villages of Mishrifah Al-Hawi, Barzan, Haj Ali and a farm east of the city part of the SNA-Turkish advance on the city.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191010162604/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGh5jGbXYAAtcOc?format=jpg&name=small</ref>
A total 6 Turkish civilians 4 of them under the age of 18, were killed and 70 civilians were wounded by SDF shelling in Turkey on the second day of the operation according to Turkish media.<ref>http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/akcakaleye-roket-dustu-41348028</ref><ref>https://www.haberturk.com/son-dakika-akcakale-ye-roket-ve-havanli-saldiri-yaralilar-var-2529744</ref><ref>http://www.haber7.com/guncel/haber/2905023-son-dakika-haberi-ypg-sivilleri-hedef-aldi-cok-sayida-yarali</ref><ref>https://www.iha.com.tr/haber-21-ayri-noktaya-havan-dustu-2-sehit-46-yarali-805880/</ref><ref>https://www.iha.com.tr/haber-nusaybinde-bir-siteye-havan-topu-dustu-1-sehit-7-yarali-805881/</ref><ref>https://www.memurlar.net/haber/860458/nusaybin-de-bir-siteye-havan-topu-dustu-2-olu-24-yarali.html</ref> 3 civilians were killed including a 9 month old Syrian refugee baby and an 11 year old Turkish girl and 46 Turkish civilians were injured by an SDF rocket attack at the Turkish border town of [[Akçakale]] on 10 October 2019 according to Turkish media including 2 children among the injuries.<ref>https://www.sanliurfaolay.com/haber/urfada-bir-cocuk-daha-sehit-oldu/36786</ref><ref>https://www.sabah.com.tr/gundem/2019/10/10/akcakaleden-aci-haber</ref><ref>https://www.haberturk.com/son-dakika-akcakale-ye-roket-ve-havanli-saldiri-yaralilar-var-2529744</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iha.com.tr/haber-suriye-milli-ordusu-resulayna-giris-yapti-805846/|title=Suriye Milli Ordusu, Resulayn’a giriş yaptı|website=İhlas Haber Ajansı}}</ref><ref>https://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/mardin-ve-sanliurfada-biri-bebek-5-kisi-sehit-oldu-435116.html</ref> 3 civilians were also killed including 12 and 15 year old girls and their 48 year old mother, and 24 were injured by an SDF mortar attack at the Turkish town of [[Nusaybin]].<ref>http://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/akcakale-ve-nusaybinden-aci-haber-6-sehit-70-yarali-6052348</ref><ref>https://www.trthaber.com/haber/turkiye/mardinde-2si-cocuk-3-kisi-sehit-oldu-435125.html</ref> 60,000 people have fled from border towns in the SDF following Turkish bombardment.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/world/middleeast/syria-turkey-offensive.html</ref><ref>https://www.apnews.com/8500277b239b4acab805e5e2bdb43938</ref> As fighting went on around Tel Abyad the Syrian National Army announced it captured the villages of Mishrifah Al-Hawi, Barzan, Haj Ali and a farm east of the city part of the SNA-Turkish advance on the city.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20191010162604/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGh5jGbXYAAtcOc?format=jpg&name=small</ref>

Revision as of 16:46, 10 October 2019

For other Turkish military operations in Syria, see Turkish military intervention in Syria.
Operation Peace Spring
Part of the Rojava conflict, Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, and the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Date9 October 2019 – ongoing
(4 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Northern parts of Aleppo, Hasakah, and Raqqa Governorates, Syria
Status

Ongoing

Belligerents
 Turkey
Syrian Interim Government		 Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Commanders and leaders
Hulusi Akar
(Minister of Defence)
Gen. Yaşar Güler
(Chief of the General Staff)[3]
Lt. Gen. Sinan Yayla
(2nd Army Commander)
Salim Idris
(Minister of Defence)
Sayf Abu Bakr
(Hamza Division Commander)[4]		 Mazlum Kobane
(Commander-in-Chief)
Riad Khamis al-Khalaf
(Tal Abyad Military Council Commander)
Units involved
See order of battle See order of battle
Casualties and losses
Per SOHR:
15 killed[5][6]

Per SOHR:
23 killed[7]

Per Turkey:
109 killed[8]
8–9 civilians killed in Syria by TAF shelling
(per SOHR, SANA & SDF)[7][9][10]
6 civilians killed in Turkey by SDF shelling (1 Syrian; per Turkey)[11][12]
1 civilian killed in Syria by SDF shelling (per SOHR)[13]
60,000 civilians displaced[14][15][16][17]

The 2019 Rojava offensive, called Operation Peace Spring (Turkish: Barış Pınarı Harekâtı; Arabic: عملية نبع السلام) by the Turkish government, is an ongoing military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and the Turkish-allied opposition Syrian National Army (SNA) against areas under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES), commonly called Rojava, and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

On 6 October 2019, the Trump administration ordered American troops to withdraw from northeast Syria, where the United States had been supporting their Kurdish allies.[18] The military operation began on 9 October 2019 when the Turkish Air Force launched airstrikes on border towns.[19]

According to the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the operation is intended to expel the SDF—viewed as a terrorist organization by Turkey due to its ties with the Kurdistan Workers Party, but considered an ally against ISIL by the United States and others—from the border region, as well to create a 30 km-deep (20 miles) "safe zone" in Northern Syria where some of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees in Turkey can resettle.[20]

The Turkish action was condemned by the European Union, the Arab League, Iran, Israel, Australia and the United Kingdom as an assault on the territory of a sovereign and Arab state and an irresponsible destabilizing action with "potentially terrible" humanitarian consequences.[21]

Background

Main article: Northern Syria Buffer Zone

Turkey and the United States struck a deal in August 2019 after months of Turkish threats to unilaterally invade Northern Syria. The United States viewed Syrian Democratic Forces as one of its key allies in the military intervention against ISIL in Syria, while Turkey viewed the group as an extention of the Kurdistan Workers Party, which it considers a terrorist group. The agreement established the Northern Syria Buffer Zone, which aimed to dissipate tensions by addressing Turkey's security concerns with monitoring and joint patrols, while still allowing the NES to retain control over the areas that it had under its control at that time.[22][23] The agreement was received favorably by the US and SDF/NES, but Turkey was generally dissatisfied with it. Turkey's dissatisfaction led to numerous Turkish efforts to expand the area covered by the buffer zone, secure Turkish control over parts of it, or relocate millions of refugees into the zone, with all of these efforts failing in the face of firm SDF resistance and American ambivalence.[24]

Despite the official start of US-Turkish ground patrols, the dismantling of SDF fortifications, and the withdrawal of YPG units from parts of the buffer zone, tensions continued to rise as Turkey levied yet more demands on the SDF—all of which the SDF denied, as they felt that they had accepted a harsh compromise by permitting Turkish troops to take part in joint patrols with their American counterparts in Northern Syria.[25] Turkey's dissatisfaction with the status quo of the agreement grew into open hostility, with the Turkish president openly posing an ultimatum against the SDF.[26] The ultimatum was ignored by the group and Turkey declared its "deadline" to have expired at the start of October that same year.[27]

Prelude

Preparations for the offensive began in early October, starting with the withdrawal of American forces from positions near the Turkish border, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a phone call with United States President Donald Trump about plans for a military operation against SDF-held areas east of the Euphrates river.[28][29] While the United States government has stated it does not support the Turkish-led offensive, the White House also announced on 6 October 2019 that it would not interfere, and would withdraw all United States personnel in the area to avoid a potential US-Turkish standoff; US Secretary of State Pompeo denied that this amounted to giving the Turkish Armed forces a green light to attack the SDF while a spokesman for the SDF called the withdrawal a betrayal by the United States.[30][18] The US also reportedly cutoff aid to SDF in order not to arm them against a NATO ally.[31]

On 8 October 2019, the Turkish military reportedly bombed a convoy of weapons vehicles heading from Iraq into Syria destined for SDF. However SDF did not retaliate to the attack, and no casualties were reported as a result of the air strike.[32][33] On the same day Russian special forces opened a crossing on the Euphrates river between areas held by the Syrian Government and SDF in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.[34] While the SDF claimed that the Syrian military was preparing to enter the city of Manbij in northeastern Aleppo, the Syrian government responded by saying the build up of the Syrian military near Manbij was being done in order to prevent the Turkish military from entering the city.[35] On the same day Turkish forces shelled Ras al-Ayn and fired machine guns at the vicinity of the city, without any information about casualties.[36]

Operation

9 October

The operation began on 9 October 2019, with Turkish airstrikes and howitzers targeting the SDF held towns of Tell Abyad, Ras al-Ayn where thousands of people were reported to have fled the town,[37] Ain Issa and Qamishli. The date is the anniversary of the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's expulsion from Syria in 1998, by the government of Hafez al-Assad.[38][39][40][41][42][43][44]

In response to the cross-border shelling, SDF's spokesman claimed that Turkey was targeting civilians.[45] Six rockets were later launched at the Turkish city of Nusaybin as a response by the PKK, and two reportedly hit the Turkish town Ceylanpınar.[46][47][48] SDF also announced in response to the start of the Turkish operation they would be halting anti-ISIL operations,[49] and that two civilians had been killed.[50] In response to the airstrikes SDF has called upon the United States to establish a no-fly zone over northern Syria.[51]

By the end of the day, the Turkish military announced that the ground phase of the operation had begun from three points - including Tell Abyad.[52]

10 October

Before dawn on the morning of 10 October 2019, the Turkish military officially began the ground offensive against SDF; they also announced that they had hit 181 targets in northern Syria, and 14,000 rebels backed by Turkey are also reportedly taking part in the Turkish-led offensive. An attempted advance in Tell Abyad was repelled by the SDF.[53] [54] Later during the day clashes reportedly broke out between SDF and Turkish-aligned forces near al-Bab.[55] Turkish-led forces made advances around the area of Tell Abyad and captured the villages of Tabatin and Al-Mushrifah.[56] By nightfall Turkish Armed Forces declared control of 11 villages.[57]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced in the day that 109 SDF fighters were killed in operation as well as a number of wounded and captured fighters without specifying the number. In a speech to lawmakers from his AKP party, President Erdogan also threatened to flood Europe with 3.6 million refugees if European nations continued to criticize the military operation, in particular if they labelled it an invasion.[58][59]

A total 6 Turkish civilians 4 of them under the age of 18, were killed and 70 civilians were wounded by SDF shelling in Turkey on the second day of the operation according to Turkish media.[60][61][62][63][64][65] 3 civilians were killed including a 9 month old Syrian refugee baby and an 11 year old Turkish girl and 46 Turkish civilians were injured by an SDF rocket attack at the Turkish border town of Akçakale on 10 October 2019 according to Turkish media including 2 children among the injuries.[66][67][68][69][70] 3 civilians were also killed including 12 and 15 year old girls and their 48 year old mother, and 24 were injured by an SDF mortar attack at the Turkish town of Nusaybin.[71][72] 60,000 people have fled from border towns in the SDF following Turkish bombardment.[73][74] As fighting went on around Tel Abyad the Syrian National Army announced it captured the villages of Mishrifah Al-Hawi, Barzan, Haj Ali and a farm east of the city part of the SNA-Turkish advance on the city.[75]

Reactions

Main article: Reactions to the 2019 Rojava offensive

See also

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