2014 American rescue mission in Syria | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Military intervention against the Islamic State | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Units involved | |||||||
1st SFOD-D[1] 75th Ranger Regiment, Regimental Reconnaissance Company 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment |
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Strength | |||||||
Ground force: Around 24 Delta Force operators[1] Unknown number of Army Rangers 1 Jordanian special forces operator Aircraft: 4 MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters including 2 MH-60L 1 AC-130 Gunship 2 MQ-1 Predator drones Fighter jets | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 U.S. soldier wounded[1] 1 Jordanian soldier wounded (unconfirmed)[1] | 5–8 militants killed[1][2] |
The 2014 rescue mission in Syria was an American led effort to locate and rescue hostages being held by Islamic State (IS) forces.[3] Plans to rescue the hostages were accelerated after the execution of journalist James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and Kayla Mueller by IS militants. A total of 14 hostages were held hostage by the IS at an undisclosed location.[4] Though no soldiers were killed, the mission failed to locate and rescue the hostages.[3]
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