Operation Euphrates Shield order of battle
This is the order of battle for 2016-2017 Turkish cross-border military offensive, codenamed "Operation Euphrates Shield" by Turkey.
Turkey and allied forces
- Turkish Armed Forces
Turkish Land Forces
- Third Army
- 57th Commando Regiment[1]
- General Staff
- Third Army
Turkish Naval Forces[2]
Turkish Air Force
8th Main Jet Base Group Command (8. Ana Jet Üs Komutanlığı) (Diyarbakır)
- 181st Squadron "Leopard" (181. Filo "Pars") - F-16C/D Block 40TM/Block 50+ Fighting Falcon (LANTIRN-specialised)
- 182nd Squadron "Accipiter" (182. Filo "Atmaca") - F-16C/D Block 40 Fighting Falcon
- 202nd Liaison and SAR Squadron "East" (202. İrtibat ve Arama-Kurtarma Filosu "Şark") - CN-235M-100, AS-532UL Mk.1+
- 9th Main Jet Base Command (9. Ana Jet Üs Komutanlığı) (Balıkesir)
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Free Syrian Army
- Hawar Kilis Operations Room
1st Regiment[3][4]- Ahrar al-Sharqiya[5]
- 51st Brigade[4]
Fastaqim Union (reduced to remnant faction by November 2016)[4]- Conquest Brigade[6]
- 1st Squad of Aleppo[4]
- Hamza Division[7]
- Levant Front[8]
- Northern Falcons Brigade[4]
Al-Moutasem Brigade[9]- Mustafa Regiment[4]
- Jaysh al-Nukhba (Northern Aleppo branch)[10]
- Islamic Freedom Battalions[4]
- Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement (Northern Aleppo branch, joined the Sham Legion January 28, 2017)[11][12][13][4]
Sham Legion (Northern Aleppo branch)[14]- Northern Brigade[15]
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Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade- Island Revolutionaries[4]
Alpasian Special Forces[4]- Authenticity and Development Front[4]
- Samarkand Brigade[4]
- 5th Regiment[4]
- 1st Security Division of Aleppo[4]
- Northern Army (joined the Zenki Movement in November 2016, before defecting to the Levant Front on January 27, 2017)[4][18]
Descendants of Saladin Brigade[4][19]- Liwa Ahrar Souriya (joined the Hamza Division September 2016, before defecting to the Zenki Movement on November 15, 2016)[4][20]
Sultan Suleiman Shah Brigade[4]- Muntasir Billah Brigade[21]
- Tajamuu Al-Qaqaa[4]
- 10th Brigade[4]
- Northern Thunder Brigade[4]
- Jaysh al-Ahfad[15]
Jaysh al-Sunna (Northern Aleppo branch)[22][23]- Free Idlib Army (from September 2016)[24][25][26]
Ahrar al-Sham (Northern Aleppo branch)[12]
Jund al-Islam[4]
Support:
United States Armed Forces[a]
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Russian Armed Forces[a]
British Armed Forces[a]
ISIL
Syrian Democratic Forces and allied forces
Jarabulus Military Council[29]
- Euphrates Jarabulus Brigades
- Free Jarabulus Brigades
- Jarabulus Hawks Brigades
YPG
YPJ- Anti-Terror Units[30] Northern Democratic Brigade[31]
- Euphrates Jarabulus Brigades
- International Freedom Battalion
MLKP
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United Freedom Forces
Bob Crow Brigade[32]
Antifascist Internationalist Tabur[33]
Support:
Syrian Government and allied forces
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Support:
Russian Armed Forces[a]
Notes
^ a: Only against ISIL
^ b: Part of the Syrian Turkmen Brigades as well
References
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- ^ "Mountain Hawks Brigade withdraw from Euphrates Shield and head to Aleppo". ARA News. 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016.
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