Dutch military intervention against the Islamic State information
Dutch military intervention against the Islamic State
Part of the Military intervention against the Islamic State
Date
24 September 2014 – 2 January 2019 (9 years, 7 months and 3 weeks)
Location
Iraq, Syria
Status
Dutch victory
Belligerents
Netherlands
Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Mark Rutte (Prime Minister) Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (Minister of Defence) Frans Timmermans (Minister for Foreign Affairs) Sander Schnitger (Lieutenant General) Dennis Luyt (Lieutenant General)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (WIA) (Leader)[1] Abu Alaa Afri † (Deputy Leader of ISIL)[2] Abu Mohammad al-Adnani † (Spokesperson) Abu Ayman al-Iraqi † (Head of Military Shura)[3][4] Abu Suleiman † (Replacement Military Chief)[4] Akram Qirbash † (Top ISIL judge)[citation needed] Abu Omar al-Shishani † (Chief commander in Syria)[5][6][7][8] Abu Sayyaf † (Senior ISIL economic manager) Abu Khattab al-Kurdi † (Commander of the assault on Kobanî)[9][10]
Units involved
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Military of the Islamic State
Strength
Netherlands:
6 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters + 2 spare
250 supporting troops
130 trainers for the Iraqi Army[11]
2 Patriot missile batteries and 200 supporting troops in Turkey to defend its NATO ally against cross-border attacks.
ISIL: Around 100,000 fighters (according to Iraqi Kurdistan Chief of Staff.)[12] At least a few hundred tanks[13] 3 Drones[14][15][16]
Casualties and losses
None
Unknown
The Dutch military intervention against the Islamic State began in 24 September 2014, the Dutch government decided to participate in the military campaign against ISIL (known as ISIS or IS in the Netherlands).[17] According to NBCnews.com, the Netherlands did not feel legally justified to fight in Syria.[18] The Royal Netherlands Air Force committed six F-16 fighter jets to the war effort.[19] Operations concluded on 2 January 2019.
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^ abAlessandria Masi (11 November 2014). "If ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Is Killed, Who Is Caliph Of The Islamic State Group?". International Business Times.
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^"U.S. confirms death of ISIS operative Omar al-Shishani". CNN. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^"Official: Top ISIS Military Commander Believed Dead". ABC News. 14 March 2016.
^"Islamic State's commanders killed in Kobane". ARA News. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on December 9, 2014.
^"Abou Khattab, kurde, jihadiste et chef des opérations du Daech contre Kobané". Al Huffington Post (in French). 11 October 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
^"Dutch Parliament commits soldiers, F-16s to fight ISIS in Iraq". NL Times. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
^"ISIS militants have army of 200,000, claims senior Kurdish leader". El-balad.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^"U.S.-led forces drop nearly 5,000 bombs on ISIS". Al Arabiya. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^"Now ISIS has drones?". CNN. 24 August 2014.
^"Footage From an ISIS Drone". NYTimes.com - Video. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^Siegel, Jacob (17 November 2014). "ISIS: We Nabbed an Iranian Drone". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^Letter of the Dutch government to Parliament, 24 September 2014: "Fight against international terrorism" (Kamerstuk 27925 nr. 506) Archived 8 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
^"Which Countries Are Doing What in the ISIS Coalition?". NBC News. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
^"Nederland levert F-16's aan de internationale strijd tegen ISIS". Rijksoverheid. 24 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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