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American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War

American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
Part of the Military intervention against ISIL (Operation Inherent Resolve) and Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War
Tomahawk Missile fired from US Destroyers.jpg
Tomahawk missiles being fired from the warships USS Philippine Sea and USS Arleigh Burke at ISIL targets in the city of Raqqa
Date 22 September 2014 – present
(3 years, 1 month and 4 days)
Location Syria
Status

Ongoing

  • Over 11,200 U.S. and allied airstrikes hit ISIL positions
  • Thousands of targets destroyed, thousands of ISIL fighters killed
  • ISIL reversals against SDF and allies in several areas
  • U.S. and allies supplying weapons and advisers to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
  • U.S.-backed rebel training program ongoing
  • U.S. deploys Marines and Special Operation forces
Belligerents

Coalition of foreign countries in air war
Seal of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve.svg CJTF–OIR

Coalition forces-ground
 Iraqi Kurdistan (limited involvement)

Local ground forces
Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg Syrian Democratic Forces

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

al-Qaeda

Turkistan Islamic Party

Ahrar al-Sham (Nov. 2014 airstrikes, intentionality disputed)
Commanders and leaders

United States Donald Trump (since January 2017)
United States Barack Obama (until 20 January 2017)
United States Chuck Hagel (until 2015)
United States Ashton Carter (until 2017)
United States James Mattis (since 2017)
United States Lloyd Austin
United States James L. Terry
United States Joseph Votel
United States Stephen J. Townsend
Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt
United Kingdom Theresa May (since July 2016)
United Kingdom David Cameron (until 13 July 2016)
United Kingdom Stephen Hillier
Turkey Recep T. Erdoğan
Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu
Turkey Ismet Yilmaz
Turkey Hulusi Akar
Australia Tony Abbott
Australia Malcolm Turnbull
Australia Trevor Jones
Australia David Johnston
France François Hollande
France Jean-Yves Le Drian
France Pierre de Villiers
Germany Angela Merkel
Germany Ursula von der Leyen
Germany Volker Wieker
Jordan King Abdullah II
Jordan Abdullah Ensour
Saudi Arabia King Salman
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Al Saud (Died 2015)
Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
Morocco King Mohammed VI
Morocco Abdelilah Benkirane
Morocco Bouchaib Arroub
United Arab Emirates Khalifa Al Nahyan
Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Qatar Tamim Al Thani
Qatar Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah
Rojava Salih Muslim Muhammad
Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani
Canada Stephen Harper (until November 2015)
Canada Justin Trudeau (until February 2016)
Canada Thomas J. Lawson (until February 2016)

Canada Yvan Blondin (until February 2016)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (WIA) (Leader)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Alaa Afri †
(Deputy Leader of ISIL)
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani † (Spokesperson)
Abu Ayman al-Iraqi † (Head of Military Shura)
Abu Suleiman † (Replacement Military Chief)
Wikipedia

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