Global InformationTimeline of US intervention in the Syrian civil war information
| Timeline of US intervention in the Syrian civil war | ||||||||
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| Part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the military intervention against ISIL, and the Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
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Former participants:
Local ground forces
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 Ahrar al-Sham (Nov. 2014 airstrikes, intentionality disputed)[36][37] |
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| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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 Yvan Blondin (until February 2016) |
Abu Yahia al-Hamawi (2015–2017) |
 Bashar al-Assad (President of Syria) | ||||||
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Coalition forces: Coalition forces-air United States:
Bahrain:
France:
Germany:
Jordan:
Qatar:
Saudi Arabia:
United Arab Emirates:
United Kingdom:
Denmark
Netherlands:
Coalition forces-ground Iraqi Kurdistan:
United States:
France:
Local forces YPG:
Free Syrian Army:
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:
al-Qaeda:
Ahrar al-Sham:
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Syrian Arab Republic:
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| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
 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:1 serviceman executed[100] 1 F-16 crashed[101]  United Kingdom:1 serviceman killed (non hostile)[102] 2 SAS operators wounded[103] |
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 2 armed drones shot down | ||||||
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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.
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- ^ "Dutch air mission ends but Peshmerga, Iraqi training continues". Kurdistan24.
- ^ a b "Saudi Arabia, UAE send troops to support Kurds in Syria". Middle East Monitor. 22 November 2018.
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- ^ "The UAE has it in for the Muslim Brotherhood". Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. 22 February 2017.
Along with their American counterparts, Emirati special forces are said to be training elements of the opposition. They constitute a kind of Arab guarantee among the Syrian Democratic Forces – an umbrella group dominated by the Kurds of the PYD, on whom the US are relying to fight IS on the ground.
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These militias have conducted over 170 attacks targeting US positions as part of this effort since October 2023.
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