✦ History

War against the Islamic State

June 13, 2014

A US-led coalition and other forces fought the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere with airstrikes and ground operations. The Islamic State lost its territory by 2019.

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Battles and events 6

April 16, 2009 – December 19, 2017
Insurgency in the North Caucasus Russia
February 15, 2011
War in the Sahel Sahel Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
June 15, 2014 – April 16, 2026
Operation Inherent Resolve Iraq Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
September 19, 2014
Opération Chammal Iraq François Hollande, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
September 22, 2014
United States intervention in Syria Syria
September 30, 2015 – December 8, 2024
Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war Raqqa Governorate Vladimir Putin, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Key commanders

Alliance of Sahel States 24

Barack Obama belligerent leader Donald Trump belligerent leader Joe Biden belligerent leader Nicolas Sarkozy belligerent leader Emmanuel Macron belligerent leader Vladimir Putin belligerent leader Abdelmadjid Tebboune belligerent leader Romuald Wadagni belligerent leader Patrice Talon belligerent leader Thomas Boni Yayi belligerent leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba belligerent leader Roch Marc Christian Kaboré belligerent leader Ibrahim Traoré belligerent leader Alassane Ouattara belligerent leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta belligerent leader Assimi Goïta belligerent leader Bah Ndaw belligerent leader Dioncounda Traoré belligerent leader Amadou Toumani Touré belligerent leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz belligerent leader Mohamed Ould Ghazouani belligerent leader Mahamadou Issoufou belligerent leader Mohamed Bazoum belligerent leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan belligerent leader

Al-Qaeda 2

Abubakar Shekau belligerent leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi belligerent leader

Islamic State 2

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi belligerent leader Ahmed al-Sharaa military commander

United States 19

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

Syrian government 1

Vladimir Putin belligerent leader

Syrian opposition 1

Ahmed al-Sharaa belligerent leader

Other 1

François Hollande participant