Turkish military operation in Afrin
| Turkish military operation in Afrin | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War, the Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War and the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) | |||||||
 Turkish-backed Opposition control Kurdish control Syrian Army control |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Turkey Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA) Non-TFSA rebel factions |
 Democratic Federation of Northern Syria Kurdistan Workers' Party (claimed by Turkey) |
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Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel (Operations chief commander) Maj. Yasser Abdul Rahim(Sham Legion commander) Lt. Col. Muhammad Hamadin(Third Legion and Levant Front commander) Abu Muslim(Levant Front commander) Ahmad Fayyadh Al-Khalaf †(Samarkand Brigade field commander) |
  Bahjt Abedo(Head of Afrin Protection and Defense Body)  Mehmud Berxwedan(YPG and SDF Afrin commander)  Haji Ahmed(Army of Revolutionaries commander) |
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| Units involved | |||||||
| See order of battle | See order of battle | ||||||
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Equipment
10,000–25,000 |
8,000–10,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Per SOHR: Per SDF: Per Turkey: 5 killed, 41 wounded |
Per SOHR: Per SDF: Per Turkey: 823 killed, wounded or captured |
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| 68–127 civilians killed in Syria (per SOHR and SDF) 6 civilians killed in Turkey (2 Syrians) |
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a The TAF announced the start of Operation Olive Branch on 20 January, while the Turkish Defence Minister stated it "de facto started with cross-border shelling" the day before when one additional SDF fighter was killed. |
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Kurdish control
Ongoing
Unknown
Per SOHR: 104 killed 11 killed, 7 missing
Per SDF: 781 killed
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