Operation Unified Defender was a NATO operation enforcing a naval arms embargo and a no-fly zone against Syria to prevent government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad from carrying out air attacks on Anti-Assad forces. At a special meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on April 13, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the operations will continue until the Syrian government agrees to a ceasefire, allow the deloyment of a UN-led peacekeeping force and agree to a political solution to the conflict.
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| - Operation Unified Defender was a NATO operation enforcing a naval arms embargo and a no-fly zone against Syria to prevent government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad from carrying out air attacks on Anti-Assad forces. At a special meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on April 13, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the operations will continue until the Syrian government agrees to a ceasefire, allow the deloyment of a UN-led peacekeeping force and agree to a political solution to the conflict.
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- Deputy Prime Minister
- Commander-in-chief
- (Prime Minister)
- Defense Minister
- (Chief of Army Staff)
- (Interior Minister)
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Military leadership:
- (National Security Minister)
- (Republican Guard Commander)
- (Shabiha leader)
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Military leadership:
- Deputy Commander in Chief
- Political leadership:
- President of Syria
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| - Decisive NATO victory
* Overthrow of al-Assad government.
* Free Syrian Army forces take control of all Syrian cities.
* Bashar al-Assad is captured.
* National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces assumes interim control of Syrian.
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- Coalition Forces
- * Syrian Armed Forces
** Syrian Army
** Syrian Air Force
** Syrian Navy
** Republican Guard
* General Security Directorate
* Political Security Directorate
* Shabiha
* Lijan militias
Supported by:
- * 25px|border|NATO NATO
**22px|border|United States of America United States
** 22px|border|United Kingdom United Kingdom
** 22x20px|border|France France
**22x20px|border|Turkey Turkey
**22x20px|border|Albania Albania
**22x20px|border|Czech Republic Czech Republic
**22x20px|border|Belgium Belgium
**22x20px|border|Bulgaria Bulgaria
**22x20px|border|Canada Canada
**22x20px|border|Denmark Denmark
**22x20px|border|Germany Germany
**22x20px|border|Italy Italy
**22x20px|border|Netherlands Netherlands
**22x20px|border|Norway Norway
**22x20px|border|Romania Romania
**22x20px|border|Poland Poland
* 22x20px|border|Jordan Jordan
* 22x20px|border|Kuwait Kuwait
* 22x20px|border|Qatar Libya
* 22x20px|border|Qatar Qatar
* 22x20px|border|Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
* 22x20px|border|Sweden Sweden
* 22x20px|border|United Arab Emirates UAE
- * 22x20px|border|Hezbollah Hezbollah
* 22x20px|border|Iran Iran
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| - Syrian airspace and Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Syria
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| - Operation Unified Defender
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| - Operation Unified Defender was a NATO operation enforcing a naval arms embargo and a no-fly zone against Syria to prevent government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad from carrying out air attacks on Anti-Assad forces. At a special meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on April 13, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced that the operations will continue until the Syrian government agrees to a ceasefire, allow the deloyment of a UN-led peacekeeping force and agree to a political solution to the conflict. The operation started on April 12, 2012 with a naval arms embargo and a no-fly zone and the air strikes against Syrian Armed Forces led by United States, France, United Kingdom, Italy and Turkey, under NATO command. The arms embargo is carried out using mainly ships from NATO's Standing Maritime Group 1 and Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 1 already patrolling the Mediterranean Sea at the time of the resolution, enforced with additional ships, submarines and maritime surveillance aircraft from NATO members. They would "monitor, report and, if needed, interdict vessels suspected of carrying illegal arms or mercenaries". The military operation, carried out without support from the United Nations Security Council, has been condemned by Russia, China, Iran and Venezuela, all allies of the Syrian government. Other countries in the Middle East have been more conflicted, with some showing support for the operation (mainly the Syrian rebels and Libya) and others protesting the NATO operation.
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