Operation Inherent Resolve
June 15, 2014 – April 16, 2026
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.
Battles 1
March 20, 2003 – December 9, 2017
Key commanders
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Barack Obama
military commander
Donald Trump
military commander
Joe Biden
military commander
John Kerry
military commander
Rex Tillerson
military commander
Mike Pompeo
military commander
Antony Blinken
military commander
Marco Rubio
military commander
David Norquist
military commander
Daniel Bennett Smith
military commander
Ash Carter
military commander
Christopher C. Miller
military commander
Chuck Hagel
military commander
Jim Mattis
military commander
Mark Esper
military commander
John J. Sullivan
military commander
Pete Hegseth
military commander
Thomas A. Shannon Jr.
military commander
Lloyd Austin
military commander
George W. Bush
belligerent leader
François Hollande
belligerent leader
Tony Blair
belligerent leader
Gordon Brown
belligerent leader
David Cameron
belligerent leader
Theresa May
belligerent leader
Boris Johnson
belligerent leader
Liz Truss
belligerent leader
Rishi Sunak
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
