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23 Mar 2017, 11:16 am
The operation aims to take control of the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River, the local town of Tabqa, and a local airfield. [read post]
14 Mar 2017, 8:20 am
-backed Kurdish forces from towns between al-Bab and the Euphrates River. [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 9:53 am
The New York Times reports that ISIS leaders are fleeing Raqqa as coalition forces converge on the city, with plans to carry on the fight from other sanctuaries in Syria and Iraq, such as Deir al-Zour in Syria and in towns along the Euphrates in Iraq. 3,000 to 4,000 ISIS fighters will remain in Raqqa to prepare for the coming fight, while no more than 2,500 fighters are struggling to maintain their hold on western Mosul in the face of a rapid advance by elite Iraqi army fighters with U.S.… [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 12:16 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkish forces will next focus on pushing the Kurdish YPG to the east of the Euphrates River, ruling out any chance of Turkish cooperation with the YPG-aligned Syrian Democratic Forces. [read post]
13 Feb 2017, 11:05 am
The push is part of a campaign by Turkey which began back in August, codenamed Euphrates Shield, with the purpose of cleaning Turkey’s border of ISIS fighters and stopping the advance of Kurdish militias. [read post]
10 Jan 2017, 8:00 am
Starting in late December, Russian forces began dropping unguided bombs on Islamic State areas near al-Bab, where Turkish forces and Syrian rebels participating in Operation Euphrates Shield have been bogged down since November. [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 11:01 am
The victory is strategically significant, as the citadel is located near an ISIS-held dam on the Euphrates River that coalition forces hope to capture soon. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 11:00 am
Its prioritization of security threats from militant groups has turned into a military intervention in Syria, Operation Euphrates Shield. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 11:53 am
Turkish officials hope that the border will be secured “in the first half of 2017” as a component of Operation Euphrates Shield, the military intervention into Syria that began in August. [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 6:10 am
The operation, named Euphrates Rage (not to be confused with the Turkish intervention, Operation Euphrates Shield), comes after two weeks of rumors about the timing of a push for the Islamic State’s de facto capital. [read post]
7 Nov 2016, 12:51 pm
The offensive on Raqqa has begun, and it has a name: “Euphrates Rage. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 4:51 am
Syrian Rebels Advancing on Symbolic Islamic State-Occupied Town Free Syrian Army rebels, backed by the United States and bolstered by Turkey’s Euphrates Shield intervention, are advancing on the Islamic State stronghold of Dabiq, located north of Aleppo along the western edge of the Islamic State’s territory. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 5:12 am
It is highly unlikely Turkey took this pause prior to launching Operation Euphrates Shield. [read post]
9 Sep 2016, 11:14 am
Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield last month with the intention of clearing Islamic State operatives and Syrian Kurdish fighters from its borders. [read post]
30 Aug 2016, 12:39 pm
But Ankara said it would continue targeting the Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG) if the group failed to retreat east of the Euphrates River. [read post]
29 Aug 2016, 12:52 pm
Turkish forces have increasingly clashed with the YPG as Turkey seeks to push Kurdish forces east of the Euphrates River in Syria. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 11:50 am
While visiting Ankara yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden warned that the United States would cut all support to Syrian Kurdish forces if they do not comply with Turkish demands to withdraw to the east of the Euphrates River. [read post]
14 Jul 2016, 11:30 am
The government-controlled side has dealt with civilian casualties from mortar fire and the obstruction of the water pipeline from the Euphrates River by various opposition forces. [read post]
17 Jun 2016, 7:02 am
That allowed thousands of civilians, which aid groups had said were being held as human shields, to flee across two bridges over the Euphrates River beginning on Thursday.... [read post]
7 Jun 2016, 10:55 am
For those lucky enough to escape the Islamic State’s clutches, the New York Times adds that the journey across the Euphrates to Baghdad presents new dangers, and existing aid camps and humanitarian efforts have been stretched to capacity by both the influx of refugees and the Iraqi government’s tight control of traffic between Baghdad and Anbar Province. [read post]
