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War on ISIL

Military intervention against ISIL
Part of the Syrian Civil War, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, Iraqi Civil War (2014–present), Libyan Civil War (2014–present), Boko Haram insurgency, Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Moro conflict and Sinai insurgency
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Top: Two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft flying over northern Iraq.

Left: F-22 Raptor refueling before a strike in Syria.
Right: Peshmerga special forces gathered near Syria.
Middle: An American F/A-18C Hornet aboard USS George H.W. Bush prior to the launch of operations over Iraq.
Bottom: Map of the situation in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon
as of January 2017.





Date 13 June 2014 – present
(2 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the North Caucasus and
Southeast Asia
Status
  • Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria and Afghanistan
  • Multinational humanitarian efforts
  • Arming and supporting local ground forces
  • Millions of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee their homes sparking a refugee crisis
  • Terrorist attacks in Paris (Jan 2015 and Nov 2015) and Brussels (Mar 2016)
  • Thousands of civilians executed by ISIL forces in Iraq and Syria
  • ISIL lost 40% of its territory in Iraq
  • ISIL controlled around 50% of Syria by late May 2015
  • Emergence of independently-governed Kurdish regions
  • ISIL lost all of its territory in Libya
Belligerents

Intervening in Syria and Iraq:
Seal of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve.svg CJTF–OIR
United States United States (also intervening in Libya and Cameroon)
 Australia
 Canada
 Belgium
 Denmark
 France
 Germany
 Italy
 Turkey
 Netherlands
 Jordan
 Morocco
 United Kingdom


 Iran


Intervening in Syria only:


Support:


RSII coalition:
Russia Russia (airstrikes)
 Syria
 Iran
 Iraq

Hezbollah


Local forces:


Egyptian-led
intervention
:

(in Libya)
 Egypt
 Libya


Nigerian-led
intervention
:

(Boko Haram joined ISIL in 2015)
 Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Chad
 Niger
 Burundi
 United States
See also: American military intervention


 Algeria


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