✦ History

Part of Syrian civil war

Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war

2011 · Syria

Result Turkish-Syrian opposition victory

Turkey supported Syrian rebels and later sent its army into northern Syria against the Islamic State and Kurdish forces. Turkish troops still hold areas of northern Syria.

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Turkey and Syrian National Army

Syrian government

DAANES

Islamic State

Turkey
Syrian opposition
Syria
Russia
Iran
Hezbollah
Libya
PKK
Islamic State
Ahmed al-Sharaa military commander Recep Tayyip Erdoğan belligerent leader Hulusi Akar military commander Yaşar Güler military commander Zekai Aksakallı military commander İsmail Metin Temel military commander Hakan Fidan military commander
Bashar al-Assad military commander Maher al-Assad military commander Ali Abdullah Ayyoub military commander
Hediya Yousef military commander Talal Silo military commander
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi military commander Abu Ali al-Anbari military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
178,000
Killed
452–659
Tanks lost
45–135
Aircraft
320
Guns lost
33–86
Vehicles lost
33

Hezbollah Killed 9–14

Iran Killed 5–21

Strength
65,000
Killed
2,365

Units

National Defence Forces

Battles and events 3