Timeline of US intervention in the Syrian civil war
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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.
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 | ||||||||
CJTF–OIR Former participants:
Local ground forces Revolutionary Commando Army |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[32]
Ahrar al-Sham (Nov. 2014 airstrikes, intentionality disputed)[47][48] |
Syrian Arab Republic (limited 2017–2018 strikes)[49]
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Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
Joe Biden (since 20 January 2021) |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi † (Leader)
Abu Alaa Afri † Abu Jaber Shaykh (Emir of Tahrir al-Sham, 2017–present) Abu Jaber Shaykh (2014–2015) Abu Yahia al-Hamawi (2015–2017) | Bashar al-Assad (President of Syria) | ||||||
Strength | ||||||||
Coalition forces: Coalition forces-air United States:
France:
Germany:
Qatar: United Kingdom: Coalition forces-ground 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: |
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] |
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: al-Qaeda: Jaysh al-Sunna: Ahrar al-Sham: |
Syrian Arab Republic: | ||||||
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] |