{"id":1832,"date":"2017-03-29T22:10:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T22:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2017-03-29T22:10:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T22:10:16","slug":"turkeys-euphrates-shield-operation-in-northern-syria-successfully-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/03\/29\/turkeys-euphrates-shield-operation-in-northern-syria-successfully-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKEY\u2019S \u201cEUPHRATES SHIELD\u201d OPERATION IN NORTHERN SYRIA \u201cSUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_TURKISH_ARMY_TANKS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_TURKISH_ARMY_TANKS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_TURKISH_ARMY_TANKS.jpg 840w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_TURKISH_ARMY_TANKS-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_TURKISH_ARMY_TANKS-560x381.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_TURKISH_ARMY_TANKS-260x177.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2015\/09\/xlarge_TURKISH_ARMY_TANKS-160x109.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Hurriyet<\/p>\n<p>A military operation launched by the Turkish military in Syria\u2019s north to secure Turkey\u2019s borders has been successfully completed, the country\u2019s top security board has said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEuphrates Shield&#8221; Operation, launched to secure our country\u2019s border security, prevent [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] DEA\u015e threats and attack targeting our country, give an opportunity to our displaced Syrian brothers to return their homes and continue their lives in peace and security has been successfully completed,\u201d the National Security Council (MGK) said in a statement issued on March 29 following a meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n<p>Launched on Aug. 24, 2016, the &#8220;Euphrates Shield&#8221; operation involved 8,000 Turkish troops, aimed at clearing its border with Syria of terrorists, which include ISIL and the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) forces, which Turkey regards as a terrorist organization due to its links with the outlawed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/tag\/PKK\">Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party<\/a> (PKK).<\/p>\n<p>Turkish military supported Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighter with artillery and special forces during the operation.<br \/>\nThousands of militants were killed in the operation, according to official numbers, while 71 Turkish soldiers were also killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Hurriyet A military operation launched by the Turkish military in Syria\u2019s north to secure Turkey\u2019s borders has been successfully completed, the country\u2019s top security board has said. \u201cEuphrates Shield&#8221; Operation, launched to secure our country\u2019s border security, prevent [Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] DEA\u015e threats and attack targeting our country, give&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/03\/29\/turkeys-euphrates-shield-operation-in-northern-syria-successfully-completed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TURKEY\u2019S \u201cEUPHRATES SHIELD\u201d OPERATION IN NORTHERN SYRIA \u201cSUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1403,34,15,1402],"class_list":["post-1832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","tag-euphrates-shield-operation","tag-free-syrian-army","tag-syria","tag-turkish-military","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions\/1833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}