*Planned withdrawal of most U.S. troops in late 2020
* U.S. and allies supplying weapons and advisers to the Kurdish-ledSyrian Democratic Forces
*U.S. Marines and Special Operation forces deployed in Syria
Volker Wieker
*U.S.-backed rebel training program2014-2016
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Tony Abbott
Lloyd Austin
Bomber aircraft
Operation Inherent Resolve, the military intervention against ISIL, and the foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Alaa Afri
* Death of ISIL's leaderAbu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashiduring clashes in April 2023.
Pierre de Villiers
Trevor Jones
* ISIL loses most of its territory in Syria by December 2017
1Airbus A310 MRTTfor in-flight refueling
Abu Mohammad al-Julani
Thomas J. Lawson
* 19,786 U.S. and allied airstrikes, over 16,000 hitting ISIL positions
EA-18G Growler
James Mattis
Tamim Al Thani
Stephen Hillier
* 349 killed
---- al-Qaeda * al-Nusra Front ** Khorasan group * Tahrir al-Sham ** Jaysh al-Sunna * Rouse the Believers Operations Room ** Guardians of Religion Organization * 23px Jund al-Aqsa Turkistan Islamic Party ---- Ahrar al-Sham
Justin Trudeau
*Attacks on U.S. bases in Syriasince October 2023
King Abdullah II
Drones
Khalifa Al Nahyan
Abu Humam al-Shami ---- Abu Jaber Sheikh Abu Yahia al-Hamawi
Coalition forces: (Coalition forces-air)
*U.S.-led occasional strikes against the Syrian government
Timeline of the American-led intervention in Syria
At least 9,158 killed
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:
Abdelilah Benkirane
Unknown amount of artillery
Jean-Yves Le Drian
Ground-attack aircraft
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
King Abdullah Al Saud
* US-backed rebelsenter Damascusand topple theBa'athist Syriaregime
(Local ground forces)
United States:
Bouchaib Arroub
Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah
4,000Special ForcesandRangers(in September 2017)
---- al-Qaeda:
* ISIL suffers military defeat and loses almost all of its remaining territory in March 2019
Syrian Arab Republic: * 180,000 soldiers
Patrick M. Shanahan
(Coalition forces-ground)
Stephen Harper
King Mohammed VI
* Death of ISIL's leaderAbu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashiin February 2022
Mark Esper
King Salman
MQ-9 Reaper
Number of militants killed possibly higher, due to them covering up their losses.
Ongoing operations * 19,786 U.S. and allied airstrikes, over 16,000 hitting ISIL positions * Thousands of targets destroyed, thousands of militants killed * ISIL loses most of its territory in Syria by December 2017 * ISIL suffers military defeat and loses almost all of its remaining territory in March 2019 * U.S. and allies supplying weapons and advisers to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces * U.S.-backed rebel training program 2014-2016 * U.S.-led occasional strikes against the Syrian government *U.S. Marines and Special Operation forces deployed in Syria *Planned withdrawal of most U.S. troops in late 2020 *Further decline of Russia–United States relations *Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ISIL leader in October 2019 * Death of ISIL's leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi in February 2022 * Death of ISIL's leader Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi during clashes in April 2023. * Attacks on U.S. bases in Syria since October 2023 * US-backed rebels enter Damascus and topple the Ba'athist Syria regime
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: * Around 100,000 fighters * 3 MiG-21 or MiG-23 aircraft * At least a few hundred tanks * 2 drones ---- al-Qaeda: * Tahrir al-Sham: 31,000+ 7-12,000 * Khorasan: 50 * Jund al-Aqsa: 2,100 ---- Ahrar al-Sham: * 26,000–30,000+
* Thousands of targets destroyed, thousands of militants killed
United Kingdom:
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
carrier strike group
Fighter aircraft
(Limited involvement')
Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
---- Abu Jaber Sheikh
*Kata'ib Hezbollah(limited 2019 and 2021 strikes)
Yvan Blondin
Masoud Barzani
Supported by: * * * Islamic Resistance in Iraq * Popular Mobilization Forces * Kata'ib Hezbollah
Syrian Arab Republic:
~200 special forces
Malcolm Turnbull
Joe Biden
Angela Merkel
David Johnston
Ashton Carter
Donald Trump
Top: Territorial map in September 2014 Bottom: Territorial map just before the 2024 rebel offensives
*Further decline ofRussia–United States relations
Abdullah Ensour
Bashar al-Assad
Chuck Hagel
Over 420,000 civilians displaced or fled to other countries
* Peshmerga
---- (Local forces)
Syrian Arab Republic
*Death of Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiISIL leader in October 2019
Mark Rutte
Electronic warfare aircraft
* ~50 killed Jaysh al-Sunna:
Timeline of US intervention in the Syrian civil war
June 2025
Salih Muslim Muhammad
Air war and ground forces * * *
Barack Obama