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Timeline of US intervention in the Syrian civil war

Main article: US intervention in the Syrian civil war

Timeline of US intervention in the Syrian civil war
Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the military intervention against ISIL, and the Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War


Top: Territorial map of the Syrian Civil War in September 2014 Bottom: Current territorial map of the Syrian Civil War
     Syrian Government Army      Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army & others      Syrian Democratic Forces      Tahrir al-Sham      ISIL
(For a more detailed, up-to-date, interactive map, see here.)

a
Date22 September 2014 – present
(9 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Syria
Result

Ongoing operations

Belligerents

CJTF–OIR
Air war and ground forces

Former participants:

Local ground forces
Syrian Democratic Forces

Syrian opposition Revolutionary Commando Army
Limited involvement'
 Iraqi Kurdistan

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[21]
[22][23][24]

al-Qaeda

Turkistan Islamic Party[35]

Ahrar al-Sham (Nov. 2014 airstrikes, intentionality disputed)[36][37]

Syrian Arab Republic (limited 2017–2018 strikes)[38]
 Iran (limited aircraft shoot downs)[39][40]
Supported by:

Commanders and leaders

United States Joe Biden (since 20 January 2021)
United States Donald Trump (until 20 January 2021)
United States Barack Obama (until 20 January 2017)
United States Chuck Hagel (until 2015)
United States Ashton Carter (until 2017)
United States James Mattis (until 2019)
United States Patrick M. Shanahan (until 23 June 2019)
United States Mark Esper (until 9 November 2020)
United States Lloyd Austin (since 22 January 2021)
Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Netherlands Mark Rutte
United Kingdom Rishi Sunak (since 25 October 2022)
United Kingdom Liz Truss (6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022)
United Kingdom Boris Johnson (24 July 2019 – 6 September 2022)
United Kingdom Theresa May (13 July 2016 – 24 July 2019)
United Kingdom David Cameron (until 13 July 2016)
United Kingdom Stephen Hillier
Australia Tony Abbott
Australia Malcolm Turnbull
Australia Trevor Jones
Australia David Johnston
France Emmanuel Macron (since 14 May 2017)
France François Hollande (until 14 May 2017)
France Jean-Yves Le Drian
France Pierre de Villiers
Germany Angela Merkel
Germany Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Germany Volker Wieker
Jordan King Abdullah II
Jordan Abdullah Ensour
Saudi Arabia King Salman
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Al Saud (Died 2015)
Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
Morocco King Mohammed VI
Morocco Abdelilah Benkirane
Morocco Bouchaib Arroub
United Arab Emirates Khalifa Al Nahyan
Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Qatar Tamim Al Thani
Qatar Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Salih Muslim Muhammad
Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani
Canada Stephen Harper (until November 2015)
Canada Justin Trudeau (until February 2016)
Canada Thomas J. Lawson (until February 2016)

Canada Yvan Blondin (until February 2016)

Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi † (Leader) Islamic State Abu Alaa Afri †
(Deputy Leader of ISIL)

Abu Jaber Shaykh (Emir of Tahrir al-Sham, 2017–present)
Abu Mohammad al-Julani (Leader of the al-Nusra Front)
Abu Humam al-Shami (al-Nusra Military Chief)

Abu Jaber Shaykh (2014–2015)

Abu Yahia al-Hamawi (2015–2017)		 Syria Bashar al-Assad (President of Syria)
Strength

Coalition forces: Coalition forces-air

United States:
Bahrain:
France:
Germany:
Jordan:
Qatar:
Saudi Arabia:
United Arab Emirates:
United Kingdom:
  • 3 Surface Warships
  • 2 Submarines
  • 15 Eurofighter Typhoons
  • 9 Panavia Tornado Aircraft
  • 10 MQ-9 Reaper Drones
  • 1 ISR Aircraft
  • 3 RC-135[65]
  • MQ-9 Reaper [66]
Denmark
  • 7 F-16s in Iraq and Syria (pulled out)[67]
  • 1 frigate[68]
Netherlands:

Coalition forces-ground

Iraqi Kurdistan:
United States:
France:
  • ~200 special forces[74]

Local forces

YPG:
Free Syrian Army:
  • 60,000 (May 2015 estimate)[76]

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:

al-Qaeda:

Ahrar al-Sham:

Syrian Arab Republic:

  • 180,000 soldiers[92]
Casualties and losses
United States United States:
8 servicemen killed (5 non-hostile)[93]
[94]
[95][96]
2 government contractors killed
1 F-16 crashed[93]
1 V-22 Osprey crashed[97]
2 drones lost[98][99]
Jordan Jordan:
1 serviceman executed[100]
1 F-16 crashed[101]
United Kingdom United Kingdom:
1 serviceman killed (non hostile)[102]
2 SAS operators wounded[103]

Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:
At least 9,158 killed [104]
(per SOHR)

al-Qaeda:

Jaysh al-Sunna:
10 killed (per SOHR)[104]

Ahrar al-Sham:

3 killed (per SOHR)[104][107][108]

Syrian Arab Republic:
169 soldiers and militiamen killed (per SOHR)[104]
215 Russian mercenaries killed[109] 4 tanks destroyed[110]
11+ aircraft destroyed[111][112]
5 SAM batteries destroyed[113]

Iran 2 armed drones shot down
3,833 civilians killed by Coalition airstrikes in Syria (Per Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)[104]
[114] 5,900+ civilians killed by ISIL in Syria [115]
Over 420,000 civilians displaced or fled to other countries[116][117]
Number of militants killed possibly higher, due to them covering up their losses.[118]

The US intervention in the Syrian civil war is the United States-led support of Syrian opposition and the Federation of Northern Syria during the course of the Syrian Civil War and active military involvement led by the United States and its allies — the militaries of the United Kingdom, France, Jordan, Turkey, Canada, Australia and more — against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and al-Nusra Front since 2014. Since early 2017, the U.S. and other Coalition partners have also targeted the Syrian government and its allies via airstrikes and aircraft shoot-downs.

Map of the first round of U.S. and coalition strikes in Syria
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