German intervention against the Islamic State information
Ongoing military conflict between Germany and the Islamic State
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German intervention against the Islamic State
Part of the international military intervention against ISIL, the Operation Inherent Resolve and War on Terror
German Air Force Panavia Tornado flying in support of CJTF–OIR
Date
4 December 2015 – present (8 years, 5 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Iraq, Syria
Status
Ongoing
Operations in Syria concluded in January 2022
Belligerents
Germany
Supported by:
United States
France
Military of IS
Commanders and leaders
Olaf Scholz(2021–) Robert Habeck(2021–) Boris Pistorius(2023–) Carsten Breuer (2023–) Former Commanders Angela Merkel(until 2021) Sigmar Gabriel(2015–2018) Ursula von der Leyen(2015–2018) Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer(2019–2021) Christine Lambrecht(2021–2023) Volker Wieker(2015–2018) Eberhard Zorn(2018–2023)
Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Leader of IS) Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi † Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi † Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †[1] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi †[2] Abu Ali al-Anbari †[3] Abu Suleiman al-Naser † Abu Omar al-Shishani † Abu Waheeb †
Strength
1200 troops
6 Tornado IDS/ECR
1 A310 MRTT
1 A400M
1 Bremen-class frigate (until November 2016)
Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed (in Iraq)
450+ killed
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War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Battles and operations
1st Anbar
1st Fallujah
1st Northern Iraq
1st Mosul
Badush prison
Camp Speicher
1st Kirkuk
2nd Northern Iraq
Zumar
Makhmour
1st Sinjar
Mosul Dam
Sharfadin
Musab bin Umair mosque
Suq al-Ghazi
Saqlawiyah
1st Hīt
Jurf al-Sakhar
Salahuddin
1st Baiji
Siege of Amirli
1st Tikrit
2nd Baiji
3rd Baiji
Dhuluiya
2nd Tikrit
1st Ramadi
2nd Sinjar
2nd Mosul
2nd Kirkuk
Al-Karmah
2nd Anbar
2nd Ramadi
2nd Fallujah
2nd Hīt
Ar-Rutbah
3rd Fallujah
3rd Sinjar
Nineveh Plains offensive
3rd Mosul
4th Mosul
Mosul airstrike
Western Nineveh
3rd Kirkuk
Hamam al-Alil
4th Sinjar
Turkish Sinjar airstrike
Tal Afar
Western Anbar
Hawija
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
4th Kirkuk
Western Iraq
Major insurgent attacks
1st Hillah
1st Baghdad
Khan Bani Saad
2nd Baghdad
Sharaban
Ramadi
Mosul
3rd Baghdad
Miqdadiyah
2nd Hillah
Iskandariya
4th Baghdad
Samawa
5th Baghdad
1st Balad
Taji
6th Baghdad
7th Baghdad
2nd Balad
8th Baghdad
9th Baghdad
3rd Hillah
10th Baghdad
11th Baghdad
Tikrit
12th Baghdad
Nasiriyah
Foreign interventions
Iranian-led intervention
American-led intervention
Inherent Resolve
Shader
Okra
Chammal
Impact
IS genocide of minorities
Christian genocide
Yazidi genocide
Shia genocide
Turkmen genocide
IS war crimes
Mosul executions
Chemical weapons
Timeline
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
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Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic
Russian involvement
2015 military intervention
Iranian intervention
2017 missile strike
Iran–Israel conflict
2012 Hezbollah involvement
Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels
Foreign rebel fighters
Turkish involvement
Turkey–Islamic State conflict
Tomb of Suleyman Shah relocation
Euphrates Shield
2017 airstrikes
Idlib Governorate operation
Afrin operation
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
Israel's role
U.S.-led intervention against ISIL
U.S.-led Intervention
Timeline
List of attacks
2014 rescue operation
May 2015 raid
2017 missile strikes
Qatari involvement
Jordanian intervention
Operation Martyr Muath
Lebanon's role
Saudi involvement
April 2018 missile strikes
Dutch involvement
German intervention
French intervention
Australian intervention
UK intervention
The German intervention against the Islamic State (codenamed Operation Counter Daesh)[4] was authorized on 4 December 2015. The involvement of the country in the Syrian Civil War and the War in Iraq (2013–2017) began with the Bundeswehr mission in Syria and Iraq to combat the terrorist organization Islamic State. The mission was primarily created as a reaction to the November 2015 Paris attacks.[4]
^"ISIS leader al-Qurayshi dies in suicide blast alongside six children in US raid". LBC. 3 February 2022.
^"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: IS leader 'killed in US operation' in Syria". BBC News. 27 October 2019.
^Engel, Pamela (23 April 2015). "Report: A former physics teacher favored by Osama bin Laden is now leading ISIS". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
^ abBundeswehr unterstützt-erstmals Luftangriffe gegen den IS, Bundeswehr Journal, in German
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