Operation Active Fence

Operation Active Fence is an active and ongoing NATO operation to protect the Turkish southern border region with Syria as part of the ongoing Syrian Civil War.

Operation Active Fence
Part of Syrian Civil War

NATO Operation Active Fence: U.S. and NATO Patriot missile batteries
DateDecember 2012 - Present
Location
southeastern Turkish border region with Syria
Result

Ongoing NATO operation;

  • To protect southern Turkey from possible missile attacks from Syria
Belligerents

 NATO-led coalition[1]

  •  Spain (since January 2015)

- Up to August 2014

  •  Turkey
  •  United States

- Up to January 2015

  •  Netherlands

- Up to October 2015

  •  Germany
  Syria
Commanders and leaders


(Operational Commander)



 Unknown
Strength
Patriot missiles  Syria Unknown
Casualties and losses
None None

The Arab Spring was a wave of uprisings and protests in North Africa and the Middle East. The first disturbances were in December 2010 in Tunisia. However, in March 2011, when the Arab Spring reached Syria, the Syrian Civil war broke out. This led to tensions with its northern neighbor of Turkey. The Turkish government, as a member of NATO, asked the alliance for help to protect its airspace from possible missile attacks from Syria, thus causing a possible wider war.

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. During the six-year deployment 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.

173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers secure NATO missile-defense sites [2]

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) NATO fact sheet on contributing nations as of 6 April 2011
  2. "173rd Airborne Brigade paratroopers secure NATO missile-defense sites". www.army.mil. Retrieved 2019-01-14.


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