Hulusi Akar is a retired four-star Turkish Armed Forces general who served as the Minister of National Defense from 2018 to 2023. He previously served as the 29th chief of the Turkish General Staff. A
Akar in 2019
Dunford, Hulusi Akar and Valery Gerasimov are discussing their nations' operations in northern Syria, March 2017
Gerasimov (right), Joseph Dunford (left) and Hulusi Akar (middle) at a meeting to discuss their nations’ operations in northern Syria, 6 March 2017
Operation Olive Branch was an invasion by the Turkish Armed Forces and Syrian National Army in the Kurdish-majority Afrin District of northwest Syria, against the People's Protection Units of the Syri
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…Information Battles/wars Bosnian War ISAF Coalition Kosovo War Turkey-PKK conflict Turkey-ISIL conflict Operation Shah Euphrates Operation Euphrates Shield Operation Olive Branch Operation Peace Spring Hulusi Akar (born 12 March 1952) is a retired four-star Turkish Armed Forces general who served as the Minister of National…
Free Syrian Army fighters and a Turkish tank on Mount Barsa ("Barṣāyā")
Armoured vehicles of the Turkish Army on the road to Afrin.
Women's Protection Units (YPJ) fighters in the Afrin Region during the operation.
Syrian pro-government militias arrive in Afrin District