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.
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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 Sources
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