About: 2012 Syrian–Turkish border clashes   Sponge Permalink

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Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Turkey, once an ally of Syria, has condemned Assad over the use of violent forces against protesters and has requested his departure from office. In October 2011, Turkey began sheltering the Free Syrian Army, offering the group a safe zone and a base of operation. Together with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Turkey has also provided the rebels with arms and other military equipment.

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  • 2012 Syrian–Turkish border clashes
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  • Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Turkey, once an ally of Syria, has condemned Assad over the use of violent forces against protesters and has requested his departure from office. In October 2011, Turkey began sheltering the Free Syrian Army, offering the group a safe zone and a base of operation. Together with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Turkey has also provided the rebels with arms and other military equipment.
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Partof
  • the Syrian civil war
Date
  • 2012-10-03(xsd:date)
Commander
  • Bashar al-Assad
  • Abdullah Gül
  • Necdet Özel
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  • Wael Nader Al-Halqi
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 12(xsd:integer)
  • 14(xsd:integer)
  • 23(xsd:integer)
  • 57(xsd:integer)
combatant
  • Syria
  • Turkey
Place
  • Syria and Turkey
Conflict
  • 2012(xsd:integer)
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  • Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Turkey, once an ally of Syria, has condemned Assad over the use of violent forces against protesters and has requested his departure from office. In October 2011, Turkey began sheltering the Free Syrian Army, offering the group a safe zone and a base of operation. Together with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, Turkey has also provided the rebels with arms and other military equipment. On 22 June 2012, a Turkish F-4 fighter jet was shot down by Syrian government forces. Both pilots were killed. Syria stated that it had shot the fighter down using anti-aircraft artillery near the village of Om al-Tuyour, while it was flying over Syrian territorial waters one kilometre away from land. Turkey's foreign minister stated the jet was shot down in international airspace after accidentally entering Syrian airspace, while it was on a training flight to test Turkey's radar capabilities. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed retaliation, saying: "The rules of engagement of the Turkish Armed Forces have changed ... Turkey will support Syrian people in every way until they get rid of the bloody dictator and his gang." Ankara acknowledged that the jet had flown over Syria for a short time, but said such temporary overflights were common, had not led to an attack before, and alleged that Syrian helicopters had violated Turkish airspace five times without being attacked and that a second, search-and-rescue jet had been fired at. Assad later expressed regret over the incident. In August 2012, reports appeared in some Turkish newspapers claiming that the Turkish General Staff had deliberately misinformed the Turkish government about the fighter's location when it was shot down. The reports said that a NATO command post at Izmir and a British base in Cyprus had confirmed that the fighter was shot down inside Syrian waters and that radar intelligence from U.S. forces had disproved any "accidentally entered Syrian waters" flightpath error. The General Staff denied the claims.
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