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2014 American intervention in Iraq

American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
Part of the Intervention against ISIL,
the Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)
FA-18C Fighter Iraq Airstrikes August 7 2014.JPG
An American F/A-18C Hornet aboard USS George H.W. Bush prior to the launch of operations over Iraq in 2014.
Date 15 June 2014 – present
(2 years, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Location Iraq
Status
  • American-led forces launch over 10,000 airstrikes on ISIL positions in Iraq
  • Heavy damage dealt to ISIL forces, ISIL loses 40% of its territory in Iraq by January 2016
  • Multinational humanitarian and arming of ground forces efforts
  • Coalition advising and training Iraqi and Kurdish ground forces
Belligerents

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

Local forces:
 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan

Assyrian national guard

  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders

United States Barack Obama (until 2017)
United States Ashton Carter (until 2017)
United States Donald Trump (since 2017)
United States James Mattis (since 2017)
United States Lloyd Austin
United States Joseph Votel
United States Andrew J. Loiselle
United Kingdom David Cameron
United Kingdom Theresa May
United Kingdom Michael Fallon
United Kingdom Andrew Pulford
United Kingdom Nick Clegg
Canada Stephen Harper
Canada Justin Trudeau
Canada Rob Nicholson
Canada Harjit Sajjan
Canada Thomas J. Lawson
Canada Jonathan Vance
Canada Yvan Blondin
Canada Michael Hood
Australia Malcolm Turnbull
Australia Tony Abbott
Australia Marise Payne
Australia David Johnston
Australia Trevor Jones
Australia Tim Innes
France François Hollande
 France Jean-Yves Le Drian
France Pierre de Villiers
Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Denmark Peter Bartram
Germany Angela Merkel
Germany Ursula von der Leyen
Germany Volker Wieker
Netherlands Mark Rutte
Netherlands Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert
Netherlands Frans Timmermans
Netherlands Sander Schnitger
Netherlands Dennis Luyt
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Binali Yıldırım
Turkey Ahmet Davutoğlu
Turkey Vecdi Gönül
Turkey Necdet Özel
Turkey Hulusi Akar
Jordan King Abdullah II
Jordan Abdullah Ensour
Jordan Hani Al-Mulki
Morocco King Mohammed VI
Morocco Abdelilah Benkirane
Morocco Bouchaib Arroub

Iraq Fuad Masum
Iraq Nouri al-Maliki
Iraq Haider al-Abadi
Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani
Iraqi Kurdistan Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa
Iraqi Kurdistan Mustafa Said Qadir

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (WIA) (Self-proclaimed Caliph)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Alaa Afri †
(Deputy Leader of ISIL)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Mohammad al-Adnani † (Spokesperson)
Abu Ayman al-Iraqi † (Head of Military Shura)
Abu Suleiman al-Naser † (Replacement Military Chief)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Muslim al-Turkmani † (Deputy, Iraq)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Waheeb †(Top Anbar Commander)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Hajar al-Souri †
(Top Aide)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Akram Qirbash †Wikipedia

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