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Operation Active Fence, the Glossary

Operation Active Fence is an ongoing NATO operation to protect the Turkish southern border region with Syria as part of the ongoing Syrian Civil War.^[1]

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Military operations involving NATO
Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Turkey

Arab Spring

The Arab Spring (ar-rabīʻ al-ʻarabī) or the First Arab Spring (to distinguish from the Second Arab Spring) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s.

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Aster (missile family)

The Aster 15 and Aster 30 are a Franco-Italian family of all-weather, vertical launch surface-to-air missiles.

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İncirlik

İncirlik is a town and former municipality in the Sarıçam district of Adana Province in southern Turkey, 8 km (5 mi) east of the centre of Adana.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Daily Sabah

The Daily Sabah is a Turkish pro-government daily newspaper, published in Turkey.

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December 2011 Syrian–Turkish border clash

The December 2011 Syrian-Turkey border clash was an ineffective incursion from Turkey by armed men into Syria.

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First lieutenant

First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces; in some forces, it is an appointment.

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German Army

The German Army ('army') is the land component of the armed forces of Germany.

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Ghouta chemical attack

The Ghouta chemical attack was a chemical attack carried out by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the early hours of 21 August 2013 in Ghouta, Syria during the Syrian civil war.

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Hürriyet

Hürriyet (Liberty) is a major Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948.

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Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.

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Italian Army

The Italian Army is the land force branch of the Italian Armed Forces.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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MIM-104 Patriot

The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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North Atlantic Treaty

The North Atlantic Treaty forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

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Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020)

The 2019–2020 northwestern Syria offensive, codenamed "Dawn of Idlib 2," was a military operation launched by the armed forces of the Syrian Arab Republic, Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and other allied militias against Syrian opposition and allied fighters of the Syrian National Army, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Rouse the Believers Operations Room, the Turkistan Islamic Party, and other rebel and Salafi jihadist forces in Idlib and surrounding governorates during the Syrian civil war. Operation Active Fence and northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020) are military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Turkey.

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Operation Display Deterrence

Operation Display Deterrence was a 65-day NATO operation to protect the Turkish border region with Iraq, made in response to an Article 4 declaration by the Turkish government in response to the Iraq War. Operation Active Fence and operation Display Deterrence are military operations involving NATO.

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Operation Euphrates Shield

Operation Euphrates Shield (Fırat Kalkanı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces in the Syrian Civil War which led to the Turkish occupation of northern Syria. Operations were carried out in the region between the Euphrates river to the east and the rebel-held area around Azaz to the west. Operation Active Fence and operation Euphrates Shield are military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Turkey.

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Operation Olive Branch

Operation Olive Branch (Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and Syrian National Army (SNA) in the majority-Kurdish Afrin District of northwest Syria, against the People's Protection Units (YPG) of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Operation Active Fence and operation Olive Branch are military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Turkey.

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Operation Spring Shield

Operation Spring Shield (Bahar Kalkanı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in the Idlib Governorate of northwestern Syria against the Syrian Armed Forces and allied militias. Operation Active Fence and operation Spring Shield are military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Turkey.

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Royal Netherlands Army

The Royal Netherlands Army (Koninklijke Landmacht, KL) is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Scud missile

A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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Sergey Lavrov

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Сергей Викторович Лавров; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004.

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Spanish Army

The Spanish Army (lit) is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations.

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Suruç bombing

The Suruç bombing was a suicide attack by the Turkish sect of Islamic State named Dokumacılar against Turkish leftists that took place in the Suruç district of Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey on 20 July 2015, outside the Amara Culture Centre.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.

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Syrian revolution

The Syrian revolution, also known as the Syrian Revolution of Dignity, was a series of mass protests and uprisings in Syria – with a subsequent violent reaction by the Syrian Arab Republic – lasting from March 2011 to June 2012, as part of the wider Arab Spring in the Arab world.

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Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian civil war

As the civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War turned into an all-out civil war, the Syria–Turkey border, International Boundary Study No. Operation Active Fence and Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian civil war are military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Turkey.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Turkey–Islamic State conflict

The Turkey–Islamic State conflict were a series of attacks and clashes between the state of Turkey and the Islamic State. Turkey joined the War against the Islamic State in 2016, after the Islamic State attacks in Turkey. The Turkish Armed Forces' Operation Euphrates Shield was aimed against both the Islamic State and the SDF.

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973

Resolution 1973 was adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 17 March 2011 in response to the First Libyan Civil War.

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173rd Airborne Brigade

The 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers") is an airborne infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy.

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2012 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown

On 22 June 2012, a Turkish McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II reconnaissance jet was intercepted and shot down by the Syrian Army in international airspace, after having violated Syrian airspace.

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2015 NATO emergency meeting

The 2015 NATO emergency meeting was an emergency convention of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization called by Turkey, in accordance to Article 4 of NATO's founding treaty.

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2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria

The 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, code-named Operation Peace Spring (Barış Pınarı Harekâtı) by Turkey, was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and the Syrian National Army (SNA) against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and later Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Syria. Operation Active Fence and 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria are military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Turkey.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Active_Fence

Also known as Active Fence.

Operation Active Fence, the Glossary

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See also

Military operations involving NATO

Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Turkey

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