April 2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq information
April 2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq
Part of the Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, the War in Iraq (2013–2017), the Rojava conflict, and the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Type
Airstrike
Location
Al-Malikiyah District, al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria Mount Sinjar, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Commanded by
General Staff of the Republic of Turkey[1]
Target
People's Protection Units
Women's Protection Units
Sinjar Resistance Units
Êzîdxan Women's Units
Kurdistan Workers' Party
People's Defence Forces
Free Women's Units
Date
25 April 2017 02:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)
Executed by
Turkish Air Force
Casualties
70 killed (per Turkey)[2]
16 YPG fighters[3][4]
12 YPJ fighters[5]
5 Peshmerga soldiers
20 YPG fighters injured[1][3]
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Syrian civil war
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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
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2017 missile strike
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2012 Hezbollah involvement
Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels
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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
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April 2018 missile strikes
Dutch involvement
German intervention
French intervention
Australian intervention
UK intervention
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War in Iraq (2013–2017)
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1st Fallujah
1st Northern Iraq
1st Mosul
Badush prison
Camp Speicher
1st Kirkuk
2nd Northern Iraq
Zumar
Makhmour
1st Sinjar
Mosul Dam
Sharfadin
Musab bin Umair mosque
Suq al-Ghazi
Saqlawiyah
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Jurf al-Sakhar
Salahuddin
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Siege of Amirli
1st Tikrit
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3rd Baiji
Dhuluiya
2nd Tikrit
1st Ramadi
2nd Sinjar
2nd Mosul
2nd Kirkuk
Al-Karmah
2nd Anbar
2nd Ramadi
2nd Fallujah
2nd Hīt
Ar-Rutbah
3rd Fallujah
3rd Sinjar
Nineveh Plains offensive
3rd Mosul
4th Mosul
Mosul airstrike
Western Nineveh
3rd Kirkuk
Hamam al-Alil
4th Sinjar
Turkish Sinjar airstrike
Tal Afar
Western Anbar
Hawija
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
4th Kirkuk
Western Iraq
Major insurgent attacks
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1st Baghdad
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Sharaban
Ramadi
Mosul
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Iskandariya
4th Baghdad
Samawa
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Shader
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Impact
IS genocide of minorities
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Timeline
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2014
2015
2016
2017
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Rojava conflict (Syrian civil war)
2012
1st Aleppo
1st Ras al-Ayn
2013
Kurdish–Islamist conflict
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al-Yaarubiyah
1st Tell Hamis and Tell Brak
2014
1st Kobanî
American-led intervention
Kurdish riots
2015
Eastern al-Hasakah
1st Sarrin
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1st al-Hasakah
2nd Tell Abyad
2nd Sarrin
2nd al-Hasakah
2nd Kobani
Al-Hawl
Inner-SDF
Tishrin Dam
1st al-Qamishli
2016
Wusta
Al-Shaddadi
7th Aleppo
3rd Tell Abyad
2nd al-Qamishli
Northern Raqqa
Manbij
3rd al-Qamishli
3rd al-Hasakah
Euphrates Shield
1st Western al-Bab
2nd Western al-Bab
al-Bab
Raqqa
2017
Tabqa
Turkish airstrikes
Raqqa City
Ja'Din
1st Deir ez-Zor
Eastern insurgency
2018
Olive Branch
Afrin
Northern Aleppo insurgency
4th al-Qamishli
Northern border clashes
2019
2nd Manbij
Baghuz Fawqani
Tell Rifaat
Rojava offensive
2nd Ras al-Ayn
2020
2020–2021 Ayn Issa clashes
2021
5th al-Qamishli & 4th al-Hasakah
6th al-Qamishli
2022
5th al-Hasakah
Claw-Sword
2023
Turkish Airstrikes
2nd Deir ez-Zor
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Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
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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Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Timeline
First insurgency
1984
Karageçit
N Iraq (1986)
Ortabağ
N Iraq (1987)
Pınarcık
Yeşilova
Taşdelen
Şırnak
Kulp
N Iraq (1992)
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Hammer
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Murat
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N Iraq (2007)
Ankara
Aktütün
Diyarbakır
Sun
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İskenderun
Hakkâri
Istanbul
2011 border raid
Hakkâri (2011)
Roboski
Hakkâri (2012)
Beytüşşebap
Şemdinli
Third insurgency
Ceylanpınar
Siirt bombing
Martyr Yalçın
Police raids
Arslan Kulaksız
Şırnak
Cizre (2015)
Cizre (2016)
Kandil
Hakkari
Silvan
Sur
Lice
Dürümlü
2015 airport bombing
Ankara (Feb 2016)
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Bursa
Istanbul (Jun 2016)
Istanbul (Oct 2016)
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Euphrates Shield
Şemdinli
Kayseri
İzmir
Airstrikes in Syria & Iraq
Olive Branch
Siirt raid
Sinjar (2018)
Gercüş
Claw
Peace Spring
Claw-Eagle & Claw-Tiger
İskenderun
Claw-Eagle 2
Claw-Lightning & Thunderbolt
Sinjar (2021)
Claw-Lock
Zakho
Istanbul (2022)
Claw-Sword
Syria (2023 June)
Ankara (2023)
Syria (2023 Oct)
Serhildan
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1992
1999
2001
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2014
Peace process and peace efforts
1991–2004 Kurdish–Turkish peace initiatives
1993 Kurdistan Workers' Party ceasefire
2013–2015 Solution process
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Assassinations
In the early morning of 25 April 2017, the Turkish Air Force conducted multiple airstrikes against media centers and headquarters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) in northeastern Syria, and against positions of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) on Mount Sinjar, northwestern Iraq. The airstrikes killed 20 YPG and YPJ fighters in Syria in addition to five Peshmerga soldiers in Iraq.[2]
^ abMohammad Abdulssattar Ibrahim; Maria Nelson (25 April 2017). "Deadly Turkish airstrikes hit US-supported Kurdish militia in Syria's northeast". Syria:direct. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ abIsabel Coles; John Davison (25 April 2017). "Turkish jets strike Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq's Sinjar". Reuters.
^ ab"The Turkish attack on the Kurdish Forces' position kills 28 fighters at least including commander and workers of the media center". SOHR. 26 April 2017.
^"Death toll in Turkish raids on Syria Kurds hits 28". Zaman al-Wasl. 26 April 2017.
^"12 members of the Kurdish women's force, YPJ, killed in Turkish airstrikes". Kom News. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
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