Turkish troops and special forces backed by the Free Syria Army launched operation "Euphrates Shield" against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS)
Aim: to liberate the strategic Syrian city of Jarablus on the border with Turkey.
Aim: to liberate the strategic Syrian city of Jarablus on the border with Turkey.
About 40 Turkish tanks and 2,000 Free Syrian Army fighters have entered into Jarablus around midday, shortly after Turkish air forces conducted raids targeting ISIL positions in Jarablus.
The Turkish army ordered the evacuation of Karkamis, a Turkish town on the border with Jarablus, a day before the operation began.
Euphrates Shield operation is considered to be the first Turkish ground intervention in Syria since the Syrian crisis started in 2011.
Source aljazeera
Source aljazeera
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