Part of Operation Euphrates Shield and the Syrian Civil War
Map of the wider Turkish-led operations in northern Aleppo and the wider campaigns in Aleppo
Syrian Armed Forces & allied groups
Syrian Democratic Forces
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
FSA groups and Turkish troops in Northern Syria
Date
28 September – 16 October 2016 (2 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Status
SNA-Turkish victory[1]
SNA and Turkish forces capture Dabiq, Sawran, Akhtarin and 43 other towns and villages
Belligerents
Turkey Syrian rebels Support:
United States
Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı[2] (Operations chief commander) Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel[3][4] (Second Army commander) Col. Ahmed Othman[5] (Sultan Murad Division commander) Fehim İsa[6] (Sultan Murad Division commander) Ali Şeyh Salih[7] (DOW)[8] (Sultan Murad Division field commander) Muhammad al-Gabi[9] (Liberation Army commander) Mohammad Abu Ibrahim[10] Mustafa Sejari[10] (Al-Moutasem Brigade political leader) Mahmoud Abu Hamza[11] (Descendants of Saladin Brigade commander) Capt. Abdel Salam Abdel Razaq[11] (Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander) Capt. Mohammed Abu Mustafa[9] (Sham Legion commander) Abu Jafer[12] (Brigade of Conquest commander)
Unknown
Units involved
Turkish Armed Forces
Turkish Land Forces
Turkish Air Force
Special Forces
Hawar Kilis Operations Room
Sultan Murad Division[13][14]
Descendants of Saladin Brigade[11]
Hamza Division[15]
Levant Front[16]
Al-Moutasem Brigade[10]
Fastaqim Union[17]
Sham Legion[18]
Akhtarin Military Council (from 3 October 2016)[19]
Free Idlib Army[20]
13th Division
Liberation Army[21] Brigade of Conquest[22]
Other Syrian rebels Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement[23]
Ahrar al-Sham[23][24]
Unknown
Strength
2,000 SNA[25] 500 soldiers[26] 40 military advisors[26]
800+ militants[27][28]
Casualties and losses
89+ SNA and 1 Turkish soldier killed[29][30]
183–210+ killed[30][31][32][33][34][35]
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Syrian civil war
Timeline
January–April 2011
May–August 2011
September–December 2011
January–April 2012
May–August 2012
September–December 2012
January–April 2013
May–December 2013
January–July 2014
August–December 2014
January–July 2015
August–December 2015
January–April 2016
May–August 2016
September–December 2016
January–April 2017
May–August 2017
September–December 2017
January–April 2018
May–August 2018
September–December 2018
January–April 2019
May–August 2019
September–December 2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Background and causes
Casualties
Cities
map
Terrorism
Massacres
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Civil uprising in Syria (March–August 2011)
Daraa
Baniyas
Homs (May–August 2011)
Talkalakh
Rastan and Talbiseh
1st Jisr ash-Shughur
1st Jabal al-Zawiya
Hama
Latakia
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Start of insurgency (Sept. 2011 – April 2012)
Homs (2011–14)
Homs offensive
1st Idlib Gov.
Syrian–Turkish border
Jabal al-Zawiya
1st Idlib City
Saraqeb
1st Rastan
Hama Gov.
Shayrat & Tiyas ambush
Daraa Gov.
1st Rif Dimashq
1st Zabadani
Douma
Deir ez-Zor (2011–2014)
Hatla
Aleppo Gov.
Azaz
2nd Rastan
1st al-Qusayr
2nd Idlib Gov.
Taftanaz
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UN ceasefire; Rebel advances (May 2012 – Dec. 2013)
Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic
Russian involvement
2015 military intervention
Iranian intervention
2017 missile strike
Iran–Israel conflict
2012 Hezbollah involvement
Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels
Foreign rebel fighters
Turkish involvement
Turkey–Islamic State conflict
Tomb of Suleyman Shah relocation
Euphrates Shield
2017 airstrikes
Idlib Governorate operation
Afrin operation
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
Israel's role
U.S.-led intervention against ISIL
U.S.-led Intervention
Timeline
List of attacks
2014 rescue operation
May 2015 raid
2017 missile strikes
Qatari involvement
Jordanian intervention
Operation Martyr Muath
Lebanon's role
Saudi involvement
April 2018 missile strikes
Dutch involvement
German intervention
French intervention
Australian intervention
UK intervention
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Turkey–ISIL conflict
Preceding events
2013 Reyhanlı car bombings
2014 Turkish attack
2015 Istanbul suicide bombing
2015 Diyarbakır rally bombings
Suruç bombing
Nineveh Plains offensive
Insurgency campaign
2015 police raids
2015 NATO emergency meeting
Operation Martyr Yalçın
2015 Ankara bombings
January 2016 Istanbul bombing
Kilis rocket attacks (2016)
March 2016 Istanbul bombing
May 2016 Gaziantep bombing
Atatürk Airport attack
August 2016 Gaziantep bombing
November 2016 Diyarbakır bombing
Istanbul nightclub shooting
Operation Euphrates Shield
Northern al-Bab
Dabiq
Western al-Bab
al-Bab
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Operation Euphrates Shield
Northern al-Bab
Dabiq
Western al-Bab
al-Bab
The 2016 Dabiq offensive was a military offensive and part of the third phase of Operation Euphrates Shield launched by the Turkish Armed Forces and factions from the Free Syrian Army (FSA, a Syrian rebel group) and allied groups, with the goal of capturing the town of Dabiq, north of Aleppo from Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[36][27] It began in September and resulted in the capture of Dabiq by Turkish/FSA-allied forces on 16 October.
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^Turkish Special Forces: From stopping a coup to the frontline of the ISIL fight Hürriyet Daily News, 24 August 2016.
^Nick Tattersall; Humeyra Pamuk (26 August 2016). "Turkey signals no quick end to Syria incursion as truck bomb kills police". Reuters.
^"Korgeneral İsmail Metin Temel Cerablus'ta". Hürriyet Daily News. 26 August 2016.
^"Turkish Forces and Rebels Storm Into Syria, Taking IS Stronghold of Jarablus". VOA. 24 August 2016.
^"SULTAN MURAT TÜMENİ KOMUTANI FEHİM İSA TATHAMUS TÜRKMEN KÖYÜNÜN DEAŞ TERÖR ÖRGÜTÜNDEN TEMİZLENDİĞİNİ AÇIKLADI". 24 August 2016.
^"Sultan Murat Tugayları: Önce Çobanbey ardından Menbiç'e ilerleyeceğiz". 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^"TÜRKMEN KOMUTANIMIZ ALİ SALİH ŞEHİT DÜŞTÜ". 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
^ ab"ÖSO komutanlarından Türkiye'ye teşekkür". 25 August 2016.
^ abcAlbin Szakola (25 August 2016). "Turkey-backed rebels aim for key ISIS-held town". NOW. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^ abc"Turkish-backed FSA rebels set their sights on last IS Aleppo stronghold after border victory". Syria:direct. 5 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^"41K Turkish soldiers ready to support operation Al Bab". Yeni Şafak. 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
^"Çobanbey'in ardından muhaliflerin yeni hedefi Cerablus". AJANS HABER. 9 April 2016.
^"LIVE: Turkish military, coalition forces launch 'Euphrates Shield' operation in Jarablus". Hürriyet Daily News. 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^Serhat Erkmen (1 September 2016). "Analiz: Fırat Kalkanı'nda bir haftalık bilanço". DW.
^"Syria à la Carte: Turkish Invasion Highlights Rapidly Shifting Alliances-Maximilian Popp and Christoph Reuter". JK Alternative Viewpoint. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
^"تعزية الفصائل العسكرية باستشهاد القائد العسكري للقوة المركزية في الفرقة13". Fastaqim Union on Twitter. 18 September 2016.
^"Turkish-led forces capture first village in northern Syria". al-Masdar News. 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^"بيان تشكيل المجلس العسكري لمدينة أخترين و ريفها". YouTube. 3 October 2016.
^"New rebel group formed in Idlib". AMN. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^Caleb Weiss (29 August 2016). "Two US-backed groups clash in northern Syria". The Long War Journal.
^Christoph Ehrhardt (26 August 2016). "Krieg in Syrien - Die Trennlinien verschwimmen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German).
^ abSusan Fraser; Philip Issa (24 August 2016). "U.S. warplanes support Turkish tanks attacking Islamic State forces in Syria". Military Times.
^"fouad sarkis on Twitter". Retrieved 26 September 2016.
^"Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces take Dabiq from IS". ABC News. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ ab"With the launch of the third phase of Euphrates Shield, American advisors making their ranks". Al-Watan. 18 September 2016.
^ ab"Isis is preparing for an 'apocalyptic' battle to defend the village at the heart of its propaganda". Independent.co.uk. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^More than 1000 fighters of Jaysh al-Osra reach Dabiq; sheikhs at mosques declare “Dabiq epic is approaching”
^ ab"Turkish troops clash with Islamic State in Syria". Reuters. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^35 militants killed during clashes around Ikhtren area
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^"Turkish army says Islamic State putting up 'stiff resistance' in Syria - World - Reuters". Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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^Turkish-backed rebels 3km from strategic Dabiq, northern Syria
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