Operation Provide Comfort was a multinational military and humanitarian mission launched on 6 April 1991 after the Gulf War to protect Kurdish refugees fleeing northern Iraq and deliver relief supplies. U.S., British, French and allied forces established a no-fly zone north of the 36th parallel and secured safe areas, including around Zakho, enabling displaced Kurds to return home; the mission continued as Operation Provide Comfort II until the end of 1996. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Operation TypeHumanitarian relief and protection operation 1 LocationNorthern Iraq (Zakho, Dohuk) and southern Turkey (Silopi) 1 ParticipantsUnited States Marines, Army and Air Force; United Kingdom Royal Marines and RAF; France, Netherlands and other coalition forces; Kurdish Peshmerga 1 ObjectiveDefend Kurdish refugees fleeing northern Iraq, deliver humanitarian aid, and establish a secure environment for their return 1 OutcomeA de facto Kurdish autonomous region was established in northern Iraq; Iraqi troops withdrew from Kurdish areas by October 1991 1 Operation Type
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Gulf War, Wars Operation Provide Comfort, the 1991 humanitarian and no-fly-zone operation for Kurdish refugees, followed directly on the Gulf War
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Operation Provide Comfort enforced its no-fly zone with United States Air Force aircraft
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Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to deliver humanitarian aid to them.
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to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to deliver humanitarian aid to them
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