Operation Active Fence: Difference between revisions

| image = [[File:U-s-service-members-stand-by-a-patriot-missile-battery-in-gaziantep-turkey.jpg|275px|alt=U.S. service members stand by a Patriot Missile Battery in Gaziantep, Turkey]]

| caption = NATO Operation Active Fence: U.S. and NATO Patriot missile batteries

| place = southeastern Turkish border region with Syria

| result = Ongoing NATO operation;

'''Operation Active Fence''' is an ongoing [[NATO]] operation to protect the [[Turkey|Turkish]] southern border region with [[Syria]] as part of the ongoing [[Syrian Civil War]].

 

 

{{Main|Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian civil war}}

[[File:Turkey-syria.svg|thumb|Turkey (orange) and Syria (green)]]

 

 

{{Main|2015 Suruç bombing}}

Up until at least 2018, [[Patriot missiles]] were deployed solely to protect Turkish territory against any possible missile attacks from Syria. They were not used to support any no-fly zone, and were not used for any offensive action. There were several identified launches of rockets from within Syrian territory, but none of the missiles were aimed at Turkey or entered Turkish airspace to date, and the [[173rd Airborne Brigade]] paratroopers secured NATO missile-defense sites <ref name="army.mil">{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/144819/173rd_airborne_brigade_paratroopers_secure_nato_missile_defense_sites|title=173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers secure NATO missile-defense sites|website=www.army.mil|language=en|access-date=2019-01-14}}</ref>

 

 

{{Main|2020 Balyun airstrikes}}