War on terror
September 11, 2001
Global military, intelligence and legal campaign launched by the United States after the September 11 attacks against al-Qaeda and other jihadist groups, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Battles and events 16
October 2001 – November 2016
Operation Active Endeavour
Mediterranean Sea
October 7, 2001 – December 28, 2014
Operation Enduring Freedom
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Mohammed Omar
October 9, 2001 – May 16, 2002
April 11, 2002
March 20, 2003 – December 18, 2011
March 20, 2003 – December 9, 2017
June 20, 2003 – December 12, 2014
Operation Herrick
End of Operation Herrick. Start of Operation Toral.
Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron
January 4 – October 25, 2004
Southern Thailand insurgency
Southern Thailand
March 16, 2004
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump
June 18, 2004 – January 24, 2018
American drone strikes in Pakistan
American operational success
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump
December 20, 2006 – January 30, 2009
War in Somalia (2006–2009)
Somali insurgent victory, see Consequences
Somalia
George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Meles Zenawi
February 6, 2007
May 20 – September 7, 2007
2007 Lebanon conflict
Lebanese victory
Nahr al-Bared
Michel Suleiman, Chamel Roukoz, François al-Hajj
February 15, 2011
May 2, 2011
Key commanders
Iraq 3
Coalition 11
George W. Bush
President of the United States, Ordered the invasion of Iraq
Barack Obama
belligerent leader
Dick Cheney
belligerent leader
Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Committed British forces to the invasion
Nouri al-Maliki
belligerent leader
Donald Rumsfeld
belligerent leader
Robert Gates
belligerent leader
Raymond T. Odierno
belligerent leader
Martin Dempsey
belligerent leader
David Petraeus
belligerent leader
Tommy Franks
military commander
United States and allies 12
George W. Bush
President of the United States, Declared the war on terror
Barack Obama
belligerent leader
Donald Trump
belligerent leader
Joe Biden
belligerent leader
Ash Carter
belligerent leader
Chuck Hagel
belligerent leader
Leon Panetta
belligerent leader
Jim Mattis
belligerent leader
Mark Esper
belligerent leader
Robert Gates
belligerent leader
Pete Hegseth
belligerent leader
Lloyd Austin
belligerent leader
Taliban 4
Alliance of Sahel States 25
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
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
belligerent leader
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
belligerent leader
Al-Qaeda 11
Abubakar Shekau
belligerent leader
Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi
military commander
Iyad Ag Ghaly
military commander
Mokhtar Belmokhtar
military commander
Ibrahim Malam Dicko
military commander
Abdelmalek Droukdel
military commander
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
belligerent leader
Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
military commander
Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi
military commander
Amari Saifi
military commander
Nabil Sahraoui
military commander
Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi
military commander
Iyad Ag Ghaly
military commander
Mokhtar Belmokhtar
military commander
Ibrahim Malam Dicko
military commander
Abdelmalek Droukdel
military commander
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
belligerent leader
Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
military commander
Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi
military commander
Amari Saifi
military commander
Nabil Sahraoui
military commander
Federal Government of Somalia 7
United States 29
George W. Bush
military commander
Barack Obama
belligerent leader
Donald Trump
military commander
Tony Blair
belligerent leader
Gordon Brown
belligerent leader
David Cameron
belligerent leader
Theresa May
belligerent leader
Joe Biden
belligerent leader
François Hollande
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
Ash Carter
belligerent leader
Chuck Hagel
belligerent leader
Leon Panetta
belligerent leader
Jim Mattis
belligerent leader
Mark Esper
belligerent leader
Robert Gates
belligerent leader
Pete Hegseth
belligerent leader
Lloyd Austin
belligerent leader
Afghanistan 8
Lebanon 3
Algeria 7
Islamic State 6
Pakistan 19
George W. Bush
belligerent leader
Barack Obama
belligerent leader
Donald Trump
belligerent leader
Pervez Musharraf
belligerent leader
Asif Ali Zardari
belligerent leader
Mamnoon Hussain
belligerent leader
Arif Alvi
belligerent leader
Nawaz Sharif
belligerent leader
Yusuf Raza Gilani
belligerent leader
Imran Khan
belligerent leader
Raja Pervez Ashraf
belligerent leader
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
belligerent leader
Benazir Bhutto
belligerent leader
Shehbaz Sharif
belligerent leader
Ash Carter
belligerent leader
Chuck Hagel
belligerent leader
Leon Panetta
belligerent leader
Jim Mattis
belligerent leader
Robert Gates
belligerent leader


















