✦ History

Operation Inherent Resolve

June 15, 2014 – April 16, 2026

Result US-allied victory

A US-led coalition fought the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria with air strikes, advisers and support for local forces. The group lost its last territory in 2019.

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Battles 1

March 20, 2003 – December 9, 2017
Iraqi conflict Iraq Saddam Hussein, George W. Bush, Barack Obama

Key commanders

United States 29

Barack Obama belligerent leader Donald Trump belligerent leader Joe Biden belligerent leader Ash Carter belligerent leader Christopher C. Miller belligerent leader Chuck Hagel belligerent leader Jim Mattis belligerent leader Mark Esper belligerent leader Pete Hegseth belligerent leader Lloyd Austin belligerent leader George W. Bush belligerent leader François Hollande belligerent leader Tony Blair belligerent leader Gordon Brown belligerent leader David Cameron belligerent leader Boris Johnson belligerent leader Keir Starmer belligerent leader Andy Burnham belligerent leader Emmanuel Macron belligerent leader Ali Khamenei belligerent leader Nouri al-Maliki belligerent leader Haider Al-Abadi belligerent leader Adil Abdul-Mahdi belligerent leader Mustafa Al-Kadhimi belligerent leader Muhammad Shia' al-Sudani belligerent leader Ali Falih Al-Zaidi belligerent leader Donald Rumsfeld belligerent leader Leon Panetta belligerent leader Robert Gates belligerent leader

Islamic State 11

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi military commander Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi military commander Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi military commander Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi military commander Abu Ali al-Anbari military commander Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi military commander Saddam Hussein military commander Abu Musab al-Zarqawi military commander Abu Omar al-Baghdadi military commander Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri military commander Salah Al-Mukhtar military commander