Why was the Euphrates Shield Operation crucial for Türkiye’s border security?
Syria has long suffered from a brutal civil war that allowed terror groups like Daesh and the YPG/PKK to gain access to critical border areas in the Middle Eastern state neighbouring Türkiye.
While the Turkish army and allied groups from the Syrian opposition faced many complexities related to difficult terrain and the constantly changing equation of shifting alliances in the civil war, after seven-month-long fighting, Ankara successfully liberated areas between Azaz and Jarablus, securing a crucial border region for Türkiye.
In this perspective, the Euphrates Shield was a crucial milestone for Türkiye’s aim to dismantle both Daesh and the YPG/PKK from northern Syria and showing the world that the Turkish army is capable of fighting different terror groups at the same time. Al Bab was psychologically important for Daesh because it included a village called Dabiq, which is also the name of the group’s online magazine. Daesh has put enormous emphasis on the importance of Dabiq in, so losing the territory was a significant blow in terms of psychological warfare against the group.
Prior to the Euphrates Shield, Turkish border towns like Karkamis were targeted by Daesh, which was also involved in some deadly terror bombings in Türkiye. The YPG/PKK has exploited Syria’s civil war conditions to carve out its large enclaves across northern Syria, allegedly underwhich left the region in 2012 to allow the terror group to claim it.
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