Making Sense of Turkey’s Military Operations in Northern Syria
support until Turkey conducted Operation Olive Branch in Afrin in 2018.
Why Turkey Is Dismantling the YPG from Northern Syria
The second operation was carried out between January and March 2018 under the name Operation Olive Branch that was the next step in the process.
US Finally Appoints Envoy to Turkey: Can Satterfield Repair the Relationship?
Turkey needs reassurance and the Americans need an olive branch.
Three Ways to Increase Security in Afrin
he Afrin region in Syria was liberated by the Turkish Armed Forces and the Syrian National Army during Operation Olive Branch.
Turkey’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Operation Claw
Since 2015, taking Operation Olive Branch in Afrin for example, domestic operations to contain the PKK’s urban and rural mobilization in Turkey, as well as Operation Decisiveness and Operation Claw in Iraq, Turkish security forces neutralized more than 15 thousand PKK terrorists in Turkey, Northern Iraq and Syria in total.
Can You Hear Me Now? We Might Be Living in Echo Chambers on Social Media
Why is it a good thing?
Tristan Greene, who writes on political policy concerning technology, evaluating this research argues that despite “all of our olive branches and … bridges, maybe we should just let our votes do the talking when it comes to political discourse, and do not worry too much on nests, cocoons and hives we live on social media.
Past and Present of the Saudi Arabia-Israel Alliance
Faisal extended an olive branch to Israel by saying: “Imagine if I could get on a plane in Riyadh, fly directly to Jerusalem, get on a bus or taxi, go to the Dome of the Rock Mosque or the Al-Aqsa Mosque, perform the Friday prayers, and then visit the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
US-Turkey Relations in the Trump Era: A Turkish Perspective
Following Turkey’s Olive Branch operation (January 2018), the two sides agreed on a plan on the withdrawal of the YPG from Manbij in March 2018.
Will Turkey Launch a New Operation in the East of the Euphrates?
During Operation Euphrates Shield, Turkey’s armed partners on the ground were visibly unprofessional, weak and unskilled, but the training provided by Turkish soldiers showed their results in Operation Olive Branch, in which the newly formed National Army displayed high capabilities.
The Fate of Syria’s Constitutional Committee
This would surely destabilize the Turkey backed Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield territories and put added pressure on Turkey to ensure security and stability in these territories.
To Counter Turkey, Saudi Arabia Backs the YPG in Syria
During Operation Olive Branch’s launch, and in the following months of the YPG’s fall from Afrin, a host of UAE-based media outlets like Gulf News and The National published articles about Turkish military intervention in that Syrian Kurdish canton with titles such as the following: “Turkey-led forces pillage and loot in newly-captured Afrin”; “Turkey says it has besieged Syrian town of Afrin”; “Fear grips city seized by pro-Turkey rebels”; and “Fears for civilians in Afrin as Turkish forces close in”.
US Policy Towards Syria: A Tangled Mess of Bilateral Negotiations
Ankara was able to eliminate the PKK threat through Operation Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield in the western part of the river.
Anti-Refugee Sentiment Ahead of Turkey’s Local Elections
Following, in 2018, Operation Olive Branch was conducted in Afrin against the terrorist organizations YPG/PYD and Daesh.
Turkey Charts an Independent Foreign Policy
Furthermore, Turkey’s own security requires stability in the same region, which is why Turkey already carried out two complex, but extremely successful campaigns in northwest Syria (Operations Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch).
What was Offered to Ankara in Moscow?
The Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch military operations, the subsequent Astana process and the challenging milestones, such as the Idlib agreement, were made possible by the personal initiatives of the two leaders.
Why Arab Countries are Changing their Strategies Towards Syria
Such intensity in cooperation between the two countries and Turkey’s military achievements in operations Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch compelled some Arab countries to become more active in order to restrict Turkey’s increasing influence in Syria.
Erdogan: ‘Don’t expect justice from the UN’
Responding to a question regarding the expected Turkish military operation in the east of the Euphrates, Bahceli stated that Turkey has a keen and determined attitude to wiping out terrorism, which was manifested with its two military operations – Operation Olive Branch and Euphrates Shield – and their successful results.
What is Turkey’s Military Agenda in Northern Syria?
Turkey’s strategic objective is clear: to de-territorialize the YPG/PYD alongside its Syrian border, fix relations with the U.S. in Syria…
Combatting Criminal Gangs in Northern Syria
fter Turkey and the allied Syrian opposition factions launched Operation Euphrates Shield and Operation Olive Branch, both areas in northern Aleppo and Afrin were cleaned from Daesh and YPG militants.
Has Turkey’s Syria Policy Changed?
Turkey’s military operations in Syria - Operation Euphrates Shield and Operation Olive Branch - to purge terrorist groups from Jarabulus and Afrin respectively and the Idlib concord with Russia to protect civilians in the region and the Manbij concord with the U.
