The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has begun its cross-border “Euphrates Shield” operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) early on Aug. 24 with aerial strikes and ground forces backed by strikes from rocket launchers, howitzers and tanks.
Below is the timeline of the operation:
12.05 a.m. -The aim of this operation is to sweep ISIL from our borders,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, adding that Free Syrian Army troops have also crossed the border.
He added that Ankara was cooperating with coalition forces in terms of air support.
Çavuşoğlu also stressed that YPG elements should immediately cross to the east of the Euphrates.
11.50 a.m. - “Syria is the reason why we are exposed to terror both from DAESH and the PYD,” Erdoğan has said.
11.20 a.m. - “Attacks coming from Syria must end,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, adding that such terrorist attacks had paved way for the Jarablus operation.
“We have to solve this issue,” he added.
10:39 a.m. - TSK howitzers and rocket launchers carry out 294 strikes on 81 ISIL targets.
10:30 a.m. - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Ankara on Aug. 24 hours after a joint operation by the Turkish military and the coalition forces launched in the ISIL-held Jarablus region in Syria.
9:27 a.m. - Mortar shells fired across the broder from Jarablus by ISIL militants have dropped onto a empty field in central Karkamış. No casualties are reported.
9:05 a.m. - According to military sources, howitzers have directly hit 70 ISIL targets.
8:36 a.m. - The Doğan News Agency live broadcast shows Turkish tanks approaching the Syrian border and passage opening operations reach an end.
8:07 a.m. - According to Reuters Turkish tanks have begun its strikes on ISIL targets.
7:50 a.m. - According to military sources, 12 ISIL targets have been directly hit.
7:48 a.m. - Doğan News Agency reports that Turkish tanks have arrived at the Syrian border.
7:25 a.m. - Some parts of the border province of Gaziantep, from where the operation was initiated, are declared a special security region.
7:15 a.m. - Military sources deny the claims that ground operations have begun and say operations to open passages through the border were still ongoing.
6:30 a.m. - Jarablus is hit by Turkish Armed Forces.
6:10 a.m. - Turkish F-16 jets carry out another operation on ISIL targets.
6:08 a.m. - For the first time since Nov. 24, 2015, when Turkey downed a Russian jet above Syria, Turkish Armed Forces carry out aerial operations in Syria. They shoot targets that have been designated by ground special forces.
5:55 a.m. - Turkish special forces enter Syria.
5:45 a.m. - Howitzer and rocket launcher attacks conclude. Until this hour some 224 launches were conducted on 63 targets.
4:05 a.m. - TSK begin using construction machines to carry out passages through the Turkish-Syrian border from points that been chosen beforehand.
4:00 a.m. - TSK howitzers and rockets launchers begin to strike at ISIL targets in Jarablus.
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
24/8/16
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Below is the timeline of the operation:
12.05 a.m. -The aim of this operation is to sweep ISIL from our borders,” Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, adding that Free Syrian Army troops have also crossed the border.
He added that Ankara was cooperating with coalition forces in terms of air support.
Çavuşoğlu also stressed that YPG elements should immediately cross to the east of the Euphrates.
11.50 a.m. - “Syria is the reason why we are exposed to terror both from DAESH and the PYD,” Erdoğan has said.
11.20 a.m. - “Attacks coming from Syria must end,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, adding that such terrorist attacks had paved way for the Jarablus operation.
“We have to solve this issue,” he added.
- 11:07 a.m. - TSK tanks enter Syrian territory and begin hitting ISIL targets, daily Hürriyet correspondent Uğur Ergan reports.
10:39 a.m. - TSK howitzers and rocket launchers carry out 294 strikes on 81 ISIL targets.
10:30 a.m. - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Ankara on Aug. 24 hours after a joint operation by the Turkish military and the coalition forces launched in the ISIL-held Jarablus region in Syria.
9:27 a.m. - Mortar shells fired across the broder from Jarablus by ISIL militants have dropped onto a empty field in central Karkamış. No casualties are reported.
9:05 a.m. - According to military sources, howitzers have directly hit 70 ISIL targets.
8:36 a.m. - The Doğan News Agency live broadcast shows Turkish tanks approaching the Syrian border and passage opening operations reach an end.
8:07 a.m. - According to Reuters Turkish tanks have begun its strikes on ISIL targets.
7:50 a.m. - According to military sources, 12 ISIL targets have been directly hit.
7:48 a.m. - Doğan News Agency reports that Turkish tanks have arrived at the Syrian border.
7:25 a.m. - Some parts of the border province of Gaziantep, from where the operation was initiated, are declared a special security region.
7:15 a.m. - Military sources deny the claims that ground operations have begun and say operations to open passages through the border were still ongoing.
6:30 a.m. - Jarablus is hit by Turkish Armed Forces.
6:10 a.m. - Turkish F-16 jets carry out another operation on ISIL targets.
6:08 a.m. - For the first time since Nov. 24, 2015, when Turkey downed a Russian jet above Syria, Turkish Armed Forces carry out aerial operations in Syria. They shoot targets that have been designated by ground special forces.
5:55 a.m. - Turkish special forces enter Syria.
5:45 a.m. - Howitzer and rocket launcher attacks conclude. Until this hour some 224 launches were conducted on 63 targets.
4:05 a.m. - TSK begin using construction machines to carry out passages through the Turkish-Syrian border from points that been chosen beforehand.
4:00 a.m. - TSK howitzers and rockets launchers begin to strike at ISIL targets in Jarablus.
[hurriyetdailynews.com]
24/8/16
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A dozen Turkish tanks have rolled across the Syrian border after heavy Turkish shelling of an area held by so-called Islamic State (IS)...
ReplyDeleteMilitary sources told Turkish media 70 targets in the Jarablus area had been destroyed by artillery and rocket strikes, and 12 by air strikes.
Turkish special forces entered Syria earlier as part of the offensive.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the operation was aimed against both IS and Kurdish fighters....BBC
24/8/16