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This article is about the global war fought by the coalition against the Islamic State. For the war fought by Iraq against the Islamic State, see War in Iraq (2013–2017). For the Islamic State’s military involvement in Syria, see Syrian civil war.

War against the Islamic State
Part of the war on terror, Second Libyan Civil War, War in Iraq (2013–2017), Syrian civil war and spillover of the Syrian civil war, Sinai insurgency, Boko Haram insurgency, insurgency in the North Caucasus, Moro conflict, Insurgency in Cabo Delgado, Qandala campaign and the Sahel War
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From top to bottom, left to right:
  • Peshmerga fighters near Mosul discard the flag of the Islamic State and hang the Kurdish flag
  • A French Dassault Rafale lands on USS Carl Vinson during Opération Chammal
  • A pair of Russian Air Force Tu-22M bombers conducting a strike in Syria
  • U.S. Marines conduct a fire mission in northern Syria
  • A pair of U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighters over Iraq
  • ISIL territory at its greatest extent in Iraq and Syria, and Lebanon in 31 January 2024.

Map of the current military situation in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon
Map of the current military situation in Libya
Map of the current military situation in Nigeria
Map of the current military situation in Sinai
Map of the current military situation in Yemen
Date13 June 2014 – present
(9 years, 10 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location
Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Afghanistan, the North Caucasus, and Southeast Asia
Status
Ongoing; ISIL militarily defeated in Iraq, Syria and Libya
    • Airstrikes on ISIL positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria and Afghanistan
    • Multinational humanitarian efforts
    • Arming and supporting local ground forces
    • Millions of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee their homes, sparking a refugee crisis
    • Terrorist attacks in Paris (Jan 2015 and Nov 2015), Brussels (Mar 2016) and many other places
    • Thousands of civilians executed by ISIL forces in Iraq and Syria
    • ISIL controlled around 40% of Iraq at its peak in mid-2014[5]
    • ISIL controlled around 50% of Syria by late May 2015[6][7]
    • Emergence of independently-governed Kurdish regions
    • ISIL military defeated and lost all of its territory in Libya in December 2017[8][9]
    • Boko Haram loses territory, but its insurgency continues[10]
    • ISIL controlled 5.67% of Syria's land by November 2017[11] and around 3% of Iraq by October 2017[12]
    • ISIL loses all territory in Iraq and most territory in Syria in December 2017[13]
    • ISIL loses all remaining territory in Syria in March 2019[14]
Belligerents
In multiple regions:
  • War against the Islamic State CJTF–OIR
  • War against the Islamic State IMCTC
In Iraq:
  • War against the Islamic State Iraq
  • War against the Islamic State United States
  • War against the Islamic State Iran[1]

In Syria:
War against the Islamic State Syrian Arab Republic
War against the Islamic State Russia
War against the Islamic State Iran

War against the Islamic State Syrian Interim Government (2013–present)
War against the Islamic State Turkey

War against the Islamic State Syrian Salvation Government (2017–present)

War against the Islamic State Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (2015–present)
War against the Islamic State United States

In Libya:
  • War against the Islamic State Libya
    Government of National Accord
    House of Representatives
  • War against the Islamic State Egypt
  • War against the Islamic State France
  • War against the Islamic State United States
In Afghanistan:
  • War against the Islamic State Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
  • War against the Islamic State Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban)[2][3]
In West Africa:
  • War against the Islamic State Multinational Joint Task Force
War against the Islamic State Islamic State
    • War against the Islamic State Boko Haram
      (in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon)[4]
    • War against the Islamic State Wilayat Barqa
      (in Eastern Libya)
    • War against the Islamic State Wilayat Sinai
      (in the Sinai)
    • Islamic State ISWAP
      (West Africa)
    • Islamic State IS-GS
      (Sahel)
    • Islamic State IS-CAP
      (Central Africa)
    • War against the Islamic State Ansar al-Sunna (Mozambique)
    • War against the Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan
      (in Afghanistan and Pakistan)
    • War against the Islamic State Wilayat Kavkaz
      (in the North Caucasus)
    • War against the Islamic State Abu Sayyaf
      (in Southeast Asia)
    • War against the Islamic State Abnaa ul-Calipha
      (in Somalia)
Commanders and leaders

War against the Islamic State Joe Biden (from 2021)
United Kingdom Rishi Sunak (from 2022)
France Emmanuel Macron (from 2017)
War against the Islamic State Anthony Albanese (from 2022)
War against the Islamic State Alexander De Croo (from 2020)
Bahrain Hamad Al Khalifa
War against the Islamic State Mette Frederiksen (from 2019)
War against the Islamic State Justin Trudeau (from 2015)
War against the Islamic State Olaf Scholz (from 2021)
War against the Islamic State Giorgia Meloni (from 2022)
War against the Islamic State King Abdullah II
Morocco King Mohammed VI
Netherlands Mark Rutte
Norway Jonas Gahr Støre (from 2021)
Qatar Tamim Al Thani
Saudi Arabia King Salman (from 2015)
War against the Islamic State Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al Nahyan

Syria Bashar al-Assad
Russia Vladimir Putin

Iraq Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (from 2022)
War against the Islamic State Nechirvan Barzani (from 2019)

Libya Khalifa Haftar (from 2014)
Libya Saddam Haftar (from 2016)

Iran Qasem Soleimani
Iran Ali Khamenei
Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah

Lebanon Michel Aoun

Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif (from 2022)
Afghanistan Hibatullah Akhundzada (from 2016)

Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Nigeria Bola Tinubu (from 2023)
Chad Mahamat Déby (from 2021)
Cameroon Paul Biya
Niger Abdourahamane Tchiani (from 2023)
Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye (from 2020)

Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune (from 2019)

Former leaders

War against the Islamic State Donald Trump (2017–2021)
War against the Islamic State Barack Obama (until 2017)
War against the Islamic State Liz Truss (2022)
War against the Islamic State Boris Johnson (2019–2022)
War against the Islamic State Theresa May (2016–2019)
War against the Islamic State David Cameron (until 2016)
France François Hollande (until 2017)
War against the Islamic State Scott Morrison (2018–2022)
War against the Islamic State Malcolm Turnbull (2015–2018)
War against the Islamic State Tony Abbott (until 2015)
War against the Islamic State Sophie Wilmès (2019–2020)
War against the Islamic State Charles Michel (2014–2019)
War against the Islamic State Elio Di Rupo (until 2014)
War against the Islamic State Stephen Harper (until 2015)
War against the Islamic State Lars Løkke Rasmussen (2015–2019)
War against the Islamic State Helle Thorning-Schmidt (until 2015)
War against the Islamic State Angela Merkel (until 2021)
War against the Islamic State Mario Draghi (2021–2022)
War against the Islamic State Giuseppe Conte (2018–2021)
War against the Islamic State Paolo Gentiloni (2016–2018)
War against the Islamic State Matteo Renzi (until 2016)
Norway Erna Solberg (until 2021)
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah  # (until 2015)

Iraq Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (2020–2022)
Iraq Adil Abdul-Mahdi (2018–2020)
Iraq Haider al-Abadi (2014–2018)
Iraq Nouri al-Maliki (until 2014)
War against the Islamic State Masoud Barzani (until 2017)

Pakistan Imran Khan (2018–2022)
Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (2017–2018)
Pakistan Nawaz Sharif (until 2017)
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani (2015–2021)
Taliban Akhtar Mansour † (2015–2016)

Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan (until 2015)
Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari (until 2023)
Chad Idriss Déby † (until 2021)
Niger Mohamed Bazoum (2021–2023)
Niger Mahamadou Issoufou (until 2021)
Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza † (until 2020)

Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika (until 2019)

War against the Islamic State Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
(leader)
War against the Islamic State Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi †
(Former leader)
War against the Islamic State Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †
(Former leader)
War against the Islamic State Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †
(Former leader)
War against the Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi †
(Former leader)[15]
Islamic State Abu Ali al-Anbari †
(Deputy Leader of ISIL)[16]
War against the Islamic State Abu Ayman al-Iraqi † (Head of Military Shura)[17][18]
War against the Islamic State Abu Suleiman al-Naser † (Replacement Military Chief)[18]
War against the Islamic State Abu Muslim al-Turkmani † (Deputy Leader, Iraq)[19]
War against the Islamic State Abu Osama al-Masri  † (Emir of Sinai)

War against the Islamic State Abu Omar al-Shishani † (Chief commander in Syria)[20][21][22][23]
War against the Islamic State Abu Muhammad al-Kadari † (ISIL commander of the North Caucasus)
War against the Islamic State Abu Nabil al-Anbari † (former ISIL commander of North Africa)[24]
War against the Islamic State Abubakar Shekau † (ISIL Emir of West Africa)[4][25]
War against the Islamic State Abu Abdullah al-Filipini † (ISIL Emir of the Philippines and Co-Leader of Abu Sayyaf)

War against the Islamic State Radullan Sahiron † (Co-Leader of Abu Sayyaf)
Strength
United States:
  • 4,100 troops (in Iraq)[26]
  • 2,500 troops (in Kuwait)[27]
  • 7,000 contractors[28][29]
  • 500 soldiers to retrain the Iraqi army[30]
Australia:
  • 400 RAAF personnel[31]
  • 200 special forces troops
  • 300+ regular soldiers (combined with 100+ New Zealand soldiers)[32]
Canada:
  • Up to 200 special forces advisers
  • 830 Canadian Armed Forces personnel[33]
Germany:
  • 1200 troops[34]
Italy:
  • 130 search and rescue team
  • 1,200 troops[35][36]
Russia:
  • 4,000 personnel[37]
Iran:
  • 500 Quds Force members[38]
  • 1,500 Basijis[39]
Nigeria:
  • Army: 130,000 active frontline troops. 32,000 active reserve troops.
  • Police Force: 371,000 officers
Cameroon:
  • 20,000 soldiers
African Union:
  • 8,700 soldiers
Syrian Salvation Government:
  • 50,000+ soldiers[40][41]
  • Islamic Front (2013-2015); 26,000-30,000 soldiers[42][43]
ISIL:
  • 200,000 in Iraq and Syria (claim by Iraqi Kurdistan Chief of Staff)[44]
  • 28,600–31,600 in Iraq and Syria (Defense Department estimate)[45]
  • 35,000–100,000 (State Department estimate)[46]
  • 1,500+ in Egypt
  • 6,500–10,000 in Libya[47][48]
  • 7,000–10,000 in Nigeria[49]
  • 1,000–3,000 in Afghanistan[50][51]
  • At least 400 in the Philippines and Malaysia
  • Up to 600 tanks[52][53]
Casualties and losses
Iraq Republic of Iraq:
    • 34,000+ killed and 13,000+ wounded[54][55]
Syria Syrian Arab Republic:
    • 8,000+ soldiers killed[56]
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Syrian Kurdistan:
    • 11,000+ fighters killed[57]
Kurdistan Region Iraqi Kurdistan:
    • 1,500+ fighters killed[58]
    • 6,000+ fighters wounded[59]
    • 52 fighters missing[60]
Egypt Egypt:
    • 3,200+ security forces killed[61]
    • 12,200+ wounded
Chad Chad:
    • 101 servicemen killed[62][63]
Nigeria Nigeria:
    • 48 servicemen killed[64][65][66][67]
Iran Iran:
    • 35 servicemen killed[68][69][70][71]
United States United States:
    • 71 servicemen killed[72][73][74][75][76]
    • 74 servicemen wounded[73]
Cameroon Cameroon:
    • 6 servicemen killed[62]
Turkey Turkey:
    • 5 servicemen killed[77][78][79][80]
Niger Niger:
    • 9 servicemen killed[81]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia:
    • 3 border guards killed[82]
Russia Russia:
    • 93 servicemen killed[83][84][85][86]
Canada Canada:
    • 1 serviceman killed[87]
France France
    • 2 servicemen killed
United Kingdom United Kingdom
    • 3 servicemen killed
Jordan Jordan:
    • 1 serviceman executed[88]
Libya Libya:
    • 5,000+ fighters killed[89]
Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:
    • 80,000+ killed[90] and 33,000+ targets destroyed or damaged in the American-led intervention in Iraq and Syria[91]
    • 1,500–2,500 killed in Libya[92][93]
    • 974 killed in Philippines
    • 300 killed in Afghanistan[94]
    • 1,000+ killed in Egypt[95][96][97]
Total: 85,000+ militants killed

At least 28,000 Iraqi civilians killed by ISIL[58][98][99]
8,317–13,190 civilians killed by Coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria (per Airwars)
1,417 civilians killed by Coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria (per Coalition)[100]
4,096–6,085 civilians killed by Russian airstrikes in Syria[101] At least 5,939 civilians killed by ISIL in Syria[102] 7 civilians killed by airstrikes in Libya[103]
Thousands of civilians killed by ISIL outside of Iraq and Syria (See also List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL)

7,600,000 Syrian civilians displaced[104]
3,300,000 Iraqi civilians displaced[104]

Many states began to intervene against the Islamic State, in both the Syrian Civil War and the War in Iraq (2013–2017), in response to its rapid territorial gains from its 2014 Northern Iraq offensives, universally condemned executions, human rights abuses and the fear of further spillovers of the Syrian Civil War. These efforts are called the war against the Islamic State, or the war against ISIS. In later years, there were also minor interventions by some states against IS-affiliated groups in Nigeria and Libya. All these efforts significantly degraded the Islamic State's capabilities by around 2019–2020. While moderate fighting continues in Syria, as of 2024, ISIS has been contained to a manageably small area and force capability.

In mid-June 2014, Iran, according to American and British information, started flying drones over Iraq, and, according to Reuters, Iranian soldiers were in Iraq fighting IS. Simultaneously, the United States ordered a small number of troops to Iraq and started flying crewed aircraft over Iraq. In July 2014, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Iran sent Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft to Iraq, and Hezbollah purportedly sent trainers and advisers to Iraq in order to help Shia militias to monitor ISIL's movements. In August 2014, the US and Iran separately began a campaign of airstrikes on ISIL targets in Iraq. Since then, fourteen countries in a US-led coalition have also executed airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq and in Syria. Starting from September 2014, United States began closely co-operating with Saudi Arabia and Jordan to wage a co-ordinated aerial bombing campaign against IS targets across Iraq and Syria.[105]

In September 2015, Russian forces launched its military intervention in Syria to support its ally Bashar al-Assad in the fight against the Islamic State. Although Moscow officially portrayed its intervention as an anti-IS campaign and publicly declared support to the "patriotic Syrian opposition", vast majority of its bombings were focused on destroying bases of the Syrian opposition militias of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Southern Front.[106] On the other hand, United States and its Western allies have been opposed to the Ba'athist regime for its purported state-sponsorship of terrorism, violent repression of Syrian revolution and extensive use of chemical weapons. The US-led coalition trained, equipped and supported secular Free Syrian and Kurdish militias opposed to the Assad government during its anti-IS campaign.[107] In the months following the beginning of both air campaigns, ISIL began to lose ground in both Iraq and Syria.[108] Civilian deaths from airstrikes began to mount in 2015 and 2016.[109][110] In mid-2016, the US and Russia planned to begin coordinating their airstrikes; however, this coordination did not materialize.[111][112]

As of December 2017, ISIL was estimated to control no territory in Iraq, and 5% of Syrian territory, after prolonged actions.[113] On 9 December 2017, Iraq declared victory in the fight against ISIL and stated that the War in Iraq was over.[114][115] On 23 March 2019, ISIL was defeated territorially in Syria after losing the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, after which the group was forced into an insurgency.[116] ISIL's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, died during a US special operations raid in northern Syria in October 2019[117] and was succeeded by Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. The United Nations estimated in August 2020 that over 10,000 ISIL fighters remained in Syria and Iraq, mainly as sleeper cells.[118]

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    3,689 killed and 4,181 wounded in 2014
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    5,225 killed and 5,829 wounded in 2015
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    5,546 killed and 3,389 wounded in 2016
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