List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State

The following is a list of conflicts involving the jihadist militant group known as the Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS/Daesh), throughout its various incarnations. The group controlled portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in the mid-2010s and has taken part in many attacks, battles and wars.

Current military situation (as of February 24):

  Controlled by the Islamic State

  Controlled by al-Nusra

  Controlled by the Main Syrian rebels

  Controlled by the Syrian Government

  Controlled by Iraqi government

  Controlled by Syrian Kurdistan

  Controlled by Iraqi Kurdistan

  Controlled by the Lebanese Government

  Controlled by Hezbollah

Territory held by the Islamic State in May 2015

Wars

Since late 2013, the wars in Syria have merged into a single war that includes a spillover into Lebanon and Iraq.

• War on Terror
  • War against the Islamic State
    • American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)
    • German intervention against the Islamic State
    • Jordanian intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • Turkish military intervention in Syria
    • Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
  • Iraqi conflict (2003–present)
    • Iraq War
      • Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)
    • Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
    • War in Iraq (2013–2017)
    • Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
  • Syrian civil war
    • Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
    • Syrian civil war spillover in Iraq
    • Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war
    • Syrian civil war spillover in Turkey
    • Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
    • Rojava conflict
      • Rojava-Islamist conflict
  • Sinai insurgency
  • Terrorism in Egypt (2013–present)
  • Second Libyan Civil War
  • Afghan conflict
    • War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
      • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • Balkhab uprising
  • Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
  • Civil conflict in the Philippines
    • Moro conflict
  • ISIL insurgency in the Philippines
  • Yemeni Civil War
    • Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
    • Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
  • Boko Haram insurgency
    • 2015 Niger raid
    • American military intervention in Cameroon
  • Insurgency in the North Caucasus
  • Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
  • Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
    • Islamic State insurgency in Tunisia
  • Somali Civil War
    • Somali Civil War (2009–present)
  • Internal conflict in Bangladesh
  • Gaza–Israel conflict
  • Kivu conflict
    • ADF insurgency
• Al-Qaeda–Islamic State conflict

Battles

Islamic State of Iraq

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
2006 Ramadan Offensive	ISI	United States  Iraq  United Kingdom	Victory
Battle of Turki	ISI	United States	Defeat
Diyala campaign	ISI	United States  Iraq Peshmerga	Defeat
Battle of Haifa Street	ISI	United States  Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Imposing Law	ISI	United States  Iraq	Defeat
Operation Phantom Thunder	ISI	United States  Iraq Peshmerga	Defeat
Battle of Baqubah	ISI	United States  Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Donkey Island	ISI	United States	Defeat
Operation Shurta Nasir	ISI	United States  Iraq	Defeat
Operation Phantom Strike	ISI	United States  Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Phantom Phoenix	ISI	United States  Iraq  Georgia  United Kingdom	Indecisive
Ninawa campaign	ISI	United States  Iraq	Indecisive
2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq	ISI	United States  Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Augurs of Prosperity	ISI	United States  Iraq	Defeat
Battle of the Palm Grove	ISI	United States  Iraq	Indecisive
Akashat ambush	ISI	Syria  Iraq	Victory

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)	ISIL (Last ISIL assault repelled in March 2016)	Syria	Defeat
2013 Latakia offensive	al-Nusra Front  ISIL Free Syrian Army	Syria	Defeat
Battle of Sadad	al-Nusra Front  ISIL Free Syrian Army	Syria	Defeat
Battle of Qalamoun	al-Nusra Front  ISIL Free Syrian Army	Syria	Defeat
Akashat ambush	ISIL	Syria  Iraq	Victory
2013 Hawija clashes	ISIL	Iraq	Indecisive
Operation al-Shabah	ISIL Free Iraqi Army	Iraq	Indecisive
Battle of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak (December 2013–January 2014)	ISIL Islamic Front	Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) Democratic Union Party (PYD) People's Protection Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Syriac Union Party Syriac Military Council (MFS)	Victory
Anbar campaign (2013–14)	ISIL	Iraq	Victory
Siege of Kuweires Airbase (2012–15)	ISIL (Beginning in March 2014)	Syria Syrian opposition (Until March 2014)	Defeat
Battle of Markada	ISIL	al-Nusra Front	Victory
Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014)	ISIL	Free Syrian Army al-Nusra Front	Victory
Qalamoun offensive (June–August 2014)	ISIL	Syria	Inconclusive
Battle of Arsal	ISIL	Lebanon	Defeat
First Battle of the Shaer gas field	ISIL	Syria	Both sides claim victory
2014 Eastern Syria offensive	ISIL	Syria	Victory
Battle for Tabqa Air base	ISIL	Syria	Victory
Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)	ISIL	Iraq  Syria  Iran	Victory
Fall of Mosul	ISIL	Iraq	Victory
Fall of Baiji	ISIL	Iraq	Victory
Battle of Al-Hasakah (June–September 2014)	ISIL	YPG  Syria	Defeat
Battle of Kirkuk (2014)	ISIL	Peshmerga	Defeat
First Battle of Tikrit	ISIL	Iraq	Victory
Siege of Tikrit (July 2014)	ISIL	Iraq Iran	Victory

Islamic State

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
2014 American rescue mission in Syria	Islamic State	United States  Jordan (Unconfirmed)	Victory
Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran  United States	Victory
Siege of Amirli	Islamic State	Iraq Peshmerga[1]  Iran	Defeat
Battle of Zumar	Islamic State	Peshmerga	Defeat
Iraq airstrikes	Islamic State	United States  United Kingdom  Canada	Defeat
Battle of Haditha (August 2014 – January 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Battle for Haditha Dam (August–September 2014)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Battle of Dabiq (August–September 2015)	Islamic State	Syrian opposition	Victory
Battle of Hawija (August–September 2014)	Islamic State	United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Victory
Sinjar	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  United Kingdom	Defeat
Battle of Sinjar (August 2014)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  United Kingdom	Victory
Battle of Sinjar (August–October 2014)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  United Kingdom	Victory
Battle for Mosul Dam	Islamic State	Peshmerga  Iraq  United States	Defeat
Battle of Suq al Ghazi	Islamic State	United States  Iraq  United Kingdom  France	Defeat
Battle of Sawran (August 2014 – May 2015)	Islamic State	Syrian opposition	Victory
Siege of Kobanî	Islamic State	YPG Peshmerga PKK Free Syrian Army  United States Arab states	Defeat
Battle of Al-Hasakah (September–October 2014)	Islamic State	YPG  Syria  United States	Indecisive
Siege of Saqlawiyah	Islamic State	Iraq	Victory
Syria airstrikes	Islamic State	United States  Saudi Arabia  Qatar	Defeat
Second Siege of Mount Sinjar (October–December 2014)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  United Kingdom	Defeat
Operation Ashura	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran	Defeat
North Lebanon clashes (2014)	al-Nusra Front  Islamic State	Lebanon	Defeat
Fall of Hīt (2014)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Victory
Fall of Derna	Islamic State	Libya	Victory
Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017)	Islamic State	Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries  Libya	Defeat
Baghdad offensive (October 2014 – January 2015)[2]	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia	Defeat
October 2014 Sinai attacks	Islamic State	Egypt	Indecisive
2014 Idlib city raid	al-Nusra Front  Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict	al-Nusra Front Jund al-Aqsa  Islamic State	Free Syrian Army	Victory
Second Battle of the Shaer gas field	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Battle of Baiji (October–November 2014)	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran  United States  United Kingdom  Canada	Defeat
Battle of Ramadi (2014–15)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  United Kingdom  Canada	Victory
Battle of Baiji (November–December 2014)	Islamic State	Iraq Iran  United States  United Kingdom  Canada	Victory
Southern Syria offensive (November–December 2014)	Islamic State	Syria Syrian opposition	Partial victory
Diyala offensive (December 2014 – March 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq Iran  United States  United Kingdom	Defeat
Siege of Haditha Dam (December 2014 – May 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Battle of Kirkuk (December 2014)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Battle of Al-Hasakah (December 2014)	Islamic State	YPG  Syria  United States	Indecisive
Deir ez-Zor offensive (December 2014)	Islamic State	Syria	Indecisive
Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–17)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Battle of Tikrit (December 2014)	Islamic State	Iraq Iran  United Kingdom  United States	Victory
Qalamoun clashes (December 2014)	Islamic State al-Nusra Front	Syria	Victory
North Lebanon clashes (December 2014 – May 2015)	Islamic State al-Nusra Front	Lebanon Hezbollah	Partial victory
Battle of Baiji (2014–15)	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran  United States  United Kingdom  Canada	Defeat
December 2014 Sinjar offensive	Islamic State	Peshmerga YPG PKK  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Battle of Sinjar (December 2014 – November 2015)	Islamic State	Peshmerga YPG PKK  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Siege of Tikrit (December 2014–March 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq Iran  United States	Indecisive
2015 West African offensive	Islamic State	Nigeria  Niger  Chad  Cameroon  United States	Defeat
Mosul offensive (2015)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Jordan  Morocco	Defeat
Battle of Kirkuk (January–February 2015)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
January 2015 raid on Kolofata	Islamic State	Cameroon	Defeat
January 2015 Sinai attacks	Islamic State	Egypt	Initial Victory
2015 Niger raid	Islamic State	Niger  Chad	Defeat
Battle of Sirte (2015)	Islamic State	New General National Congress	Victory
Fall of Nofaliya (2015)	Islamic State	New General National Congress	Victory
Battle of Sarrin (February 2015)	Islamic State	YPG Free Syrian Army	Victory
Airstrikes in Libya	Islamic State	Egypt  Libya	Indecisive
Erbil offensive (February 2015)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Al-Hasakah offensive (February–March 2015)	Islamic State	YPG  Syria  United States	Partial defeat
Khabur Valley offensive (February–May 2015)	Islamic State	YPG  Syria  United States	Defeat
Battle of Benghazi (2014–2017)	Islamic State (Beginning in March 2015)	Libya  France[3]	Defeat
Battle of Samarra (February 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq Iran  United States  United Kingdom	Defeat
Salahuddin offensive (March 2015–present)	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  France	Defeat
Battle of Ajdabiya (March 2015)	Islamic State	Libya	Defeat
Second Battle of Tikrit (March–April 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq[4]  Iran[5]  United States[6]  United Kingdom[7]  France[8][9]	Defeat
Kirkuk offensive (March 2015)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  Iraq  United States  Canada  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Siege of Dahra Oil Field (March–April 2015)	Islamic State	New General National Congress	Defeat
Battle of Sirte (March–May 2015)	Islamic State	New General National Congress	Victory
Battle of Nofaliya (March 2015)	Islamic State	New General National Congress	Defeat
Battle of Sarrin (March–April 2015)	Islamic State	YPG Free Syrian Army Peshmerga  United States Arab states	Indecisive
Hama and Homs offensive (March–April 2015)	Islamic State	Syria	Partial Victory
Battle of Derna (March 2015 – April 2016)[10]	Islamic State	Libya Shura Council of Mujahideen in Derna (at war with ISIL after June 2015)	Defeat
Battle of Ajdabiya (March 2015 – February 2016)[11]	Islamic State	Libya	Defeat
Battle of Ras al-Hilal (March–April 2015)	Islamic State	Libya	Victory
Battle of Bin Jawad (April 2015)	Islamic State	Libya New General National Congress	Defeat
Battle of Nofaliya (April 2015)	Islamic State	New General National Congress	Victory
Battle of Yarmouk Camp (April 2015)	Islamic State al-Nusra Front	Syria Syrian opposition	Partial victory
Anbar campaign (2015–16)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  United Kingdom  Canada	Defeat
Battle of Lamluda (April–June 2015)	Islamic State	Libya	Defeat
Hama and Homs offensive (April 2015)	Islamic State	Syria	Indecisive
Sambisa Forest offensive (March–May 2015)	Islamic State	Nigeria	Indecisive
Qalamoun clashes (April–May 2015)	Islamic State al-Nusra Front	Syria Syrian opposition	Indecisive
Al-Karmah offensive (2015)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  United Kingdom  Canada	Indecisive
Battle of Al-Karmah (April 2015 – May 2016)	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Siege of Kabisa (April–May 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq	Victory
Battle of Harawa (April–May 2015)	Islamic State	Local Libyan militias New General National Congress	Victory
Fall of Marte (April 2015)	Islamic State	Nigeria	Victory
Battle of Al-Hasakah (April 2015)	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Quneitra offensive (April–May 2015)	Islamic State	Syria Syrian opposition	Defeat
Southwest Daraa offensive (April–May 2015)	Islamic State	Syrian opposition al-Nusra Front	Victory
Qalamoun offensive (May–June 2015)	Islamic State al-Nusra Front	Syria Hezbollah Syrian opposition	Defeat
North Lebanon offensive (May 2015–present)	Islamic State al-Nusra Front	Lebanon Hezbollah	Defeat
Al-Hasakah attack (May 6, 2015)	Islamic State	YPG	Defeat
Al-Hasakah offensive (May 2015)	Islamic State	YPG  Syria  United States	Defeat
Palmyra offensive (May 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  United States[12]	Victory
May 2015 American Deir ez-Zor capture mission	Islamic State	United States	Defeat
Southern Syria offensive (May 2015)	Islamic State	Syria Syrian opposition	Victory
Battle of Yarmouk Camp (May–June 2015)	Islamic State al-Nusra Front	Syria Syrian opposition	Defeat
Northern Aleppo offensive (May–November 2015)	Islamic State	Syrian opposition YPG (Only in May 2015) al-Nusra Front (Until August 2015)  United States  Syria (Only in May 2015 and October 2015)	Partial victory
Siege of Kabisa (May 2015 – March 2016)[13]	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Defeat
Battle of Ras al-Hilal (May–June 2015)	Islamic State	Libya	Defeat
Siege of Haditha (May–June 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  United Kingdom  Canada	Defeat
Al-Hasakah city offensive (May–June 2015)	Islamic State	Syria YPG  United States	Defeat
Tell Abyad offensive (2015)	Islamic State	YPG Free Syrian Army  United States Arab states	Defeat
Battle of Sarrin (June–July 2015)	Islamic State	YPG Free Syrian Army  United States Arab states	Defeat
Kobanî massacre	Islamic State	YPG PKK Free Syrian Army  United States	Defeat
Battle of Al-Hasakah (June–August 2015)	Islamic State	Syria YPG  United States	Defeat
Al-Hasakah offensive (June–July 2015)	Islamic State	Syria YPG  United States	Defeat
Battle of Tell Brak (June 2015)	Islamic State	YPG  United States	Defeat
Battle of Sheikh Zuweid	Islamic State	Egypt	Defeat
Palmyra offensive (July – August 2015)	Islamic State	Syria	Indecisive
Battle of Ramadi (July 2015 – February 2016)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  United Kingdom  France  Australia  Canada (until October 2015)	Defeat
Tiyas offensive (July–August 2015)	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Battle of Tell Al-Sim'an (July–August 2015)	Islamic State	YPG  United States	Victory
Diyala insurgency (July–December 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran	Defeat
Battle of al-Qaryatayn (August 2015)	Islamic State	Syria	Victory
Battle of Sirte (August 2015)	Islamic State	Local Libyan militias New General National Congress	Victory
Siege of Mare' (August–September 2015)	Islamic State	Syrian opposition  United States	Defeat
Al-Hawl offensive (August–November 2015)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	Defeat
Sambisa Forest offensive (August 2015–present)	Islamic State	Nigeria  Chad (Since March 2016)  United States	Ongoing
Battle of Marte (August–September 2015)	Islamic State	Nigeria	Defeat
Kirkuk offensive (August–October 2015)[14]	Islamic State	Peshmerga  Iraq  United States	Defeat
Operation Martyr's Right	Islamic State	Egypt	Ongoing
Jarabulus offensive (September–November 2015)[15]	Islamic State	YPG Free Syrian Army  United States (Only in September 2015)	Indecisive
Mount Abdulaziz offensive (September–October 2015)	Islamic State	YPG Free Syrian Army  United States	Defeat
Operation Tidal Wave II[16][17]	Islamic State	United States	Defeat
October 2015 al-Omar Oil Field Raid[18]	Islamic State	United States	Defeat
October 2015 Hawija rescue mission[19]	Islamic State	United States Peshmerga	Defeat
Al-Safira offensive (October 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Iran  Russia	Defeat
Kuweires offensive (September–November 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Iran  Russia	Defeat
Khanasir–Ithriya Highway offensive (October–November 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Iran  Russia	Defeat
Battle of Samarra (October 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Defeat
Fall of Mahin (October 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Victory
Battle of Sadad (November 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
East Aleppo offensive (2015–16)	Islamic State	Syria  Iran  Russia	Defeat
Tikrit offensive (November 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Defeat
Baiji offensive (November 2015)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Defeat
November 2015 Al-Tanf Raid[20]	Islamic State	New Syrian Army  United States	Defeat
Battle of Mahin (November 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Siege of al-Qaryatayn (November–December 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Victory
Northern Aleppo offensive (December 2015)	Islamic State	Syrian opposition  United States	Indecisive
Battle of Mahin (mid-December 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Victory
Samarra offensive (December 2015 – March 2016)[21]	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran	Defeat
Battle of Mahin (late December 2015)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Nineveh Plains offensive (December 2015)	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States  United Kingdom  France  Canada  Turkey	Defeat
Tishrin Dam offensive (December 2015)[22][23]	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces International Freedom Battalion  United States	Defeat
26 December 2015 Hawija raid[24]	Islamic State	United States Peshmerga	Defeat
30 December 2015 Hawija raid[24]	Islamic State	United States  Iraq Peshmerga	Defeat
Ayn Issa offensive (December 2015)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	Defeat
2 January 2016 Hawija raid[24]	Islamic State	United States Peshmerga	Defeat
January 2016 Qayyarah raid[25]	Islamic State	United States	Defeat
Siege of Haditha (January 2016)[24][26]	Islamic State	United States  United Kingdom  Iraq	Defeat
Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2016)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Victory
Al-Naseriyah offensive (January–March 2016)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia  Iran Syrian opposition	Defeat
Siege of Fallujah (2016)[27]	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia  Iran	Indecisive
Nangarhar Offensive (2016)	Islamic State	Afghanistan  USA	Defeat
Abu Kamal revolt (February–March 2016)[28][29][30]	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Victory
February 2016 Kisik and Badush raid[31]	Islamic State	United States	Defeat
Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces International Freedom Battalion  United States	Defeat
Battle of Sabratha (February 2016)[32][33]	Islamic State	Libya New General National Congress	Defeat
Southern Syria offensive (February–March 2016)	Islamic State	Syria Free Syrian Army  United States  Jordan	Defeat
2016 Butig clashes	Islamic State	Philippines	Defeat
2016 Khanasir offensive[34][35][36]	Islamic State Jund al-Aqsa	Syria  Russia  Iran	Defeat
Battle of Tell Abyad (2016) (February 2016)[37][38]	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	Defeat
Abu Ghraib and Western Baghdad attack (February 2016)[39]	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran	Defeat
Irbid raid (March 2016)[40]	Islamic State	Jordan	Defeat
Northeastern Syria offensive (March 2016)[41][42][43]	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	Defeat
Al-Tanf offensive (2016)[44][45][46][47][48][49]	Islamic State	New Syrian Army  Jordan  United States	Defeat
Hīt offensive (2016)[50][51][52]	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  United Kingdom  Australia	Defeat
Ar-Rutbah takeover (March 2016)[53][54][55]	Islamic State (Temporary withdrawal)	Iraq	Victory
Battle of Inkhil (March 2016)[56]	Islamic State	Free Syrian Army	Defeat
Daraa offensive (March–April 2016)[57][58]	Islamic State	Syrian opposition al-Nusra Front	Defeat
Siege of al-Qaryatayn (March–April 2016)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia Hezbollah	Defeat
Battle of Ben Guerdane (March 2016)[59]	Islamic State	Tunisia	Defeat
Palmyra offensive (March 2016)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia Hezbollah	Defeat
Battle of Tell Al-Sim'an (March 2016)[43][60]	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	Defeat
Mosul offensive (2016)[61][62]	Islamic State	Peshmerga  Iraq  United States	Defeat
Battle of Al-Ra'i (April 2016)[63][64]	Islamic State	Syrian opposition  United States  Turkey (artillery support)	Defeat
Sayqal offensive (April 2016)[65]	Islamic State	Syria Free Syrian Army  Russia	Defeat
Battle of Bashir (April–May 2016)[66]	Islamic State	Iraq  Iran Peshmerga  United States	Defeat
Battle of Al-Ra'i (April 2016)[67]	Islamic State	Syrian opposition  United States  Turkey (artillery support)	Victory
Mosul raid (April 2016)[68]	Islamic State	United States Peshmerga	Defeat
Khorsabad offensive (April 2016)[69][70]	Islamic State	Peshmerga  United States	Partial defeat
Azaz offensive (April–May 2016)	Islamic State	Syrian opposition  United States  Turkey (artillery support)	Defeat
Sirte offensive (2016)[71][72][73][74][75][76]	Islamic State	Government of National Accord  United States  Italy  United Kingdom	Defeat
Ar-Rutbah offensive (2016)[77][78]	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Defeat
Battle of Balad (May 2016)[79]	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Defeat
Battle of Al-Walid (May 2016)[80]	Islamic State	New Syrian Army  United States  Jordan	Defeat
Battle of Taji (May 2016)[81]	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Al-Doulab (May 2016)	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Defeat
Northern Raqqa offensive (May 2016)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	Indecisive
Azaz offensive (May–June 2016)[82][83]	Islamic State	Syrian opposition Syrian Democratic Forces (Only in Mare')  United States  Turkey (artillery support for rebels)	Defeat
Siege of Mare' (May–June 2016)[82][83][84]	Islamic State	Syrian opposition Syrian Democratic Forces (Only in Mare')  United States  Turkey (artillery support for rebels)	Defeat
Manbij offensive (2016)[85]	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces International Freedom Battalion  United States  United Kingdom  France  Germany (Denied)	Defeat
Battle of Sawran (June 2016)[83]	Islamic State	Syrian opposition  United States  Turkey (artillery support for rebels)	Defeat
Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Victory
Bir Qassab offensive (June 2016)	Islamic State	Free Syrian Army  Syria  United States  Jordan	Defeat
Battle of Arak (June 2016)[86]	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Southwest Daraa offensive (June 2016)[87]	Islamic State	Syrian opposition	Indecisive
Southern Abu Kamal raid (June 2016)	Islamic State	New Syrian Army  United States  United Kingdom  Jordan	Defeat
Al-Shirqat offensive (June–September, 2016)[88]	Islamic State	Iraq  United States  United Kingdom	Defeat
Al-Ra'i offensive (June–July 2016)	Islamic State	Syrian opposition  United States  Turkey (artillery support & raids)	Victory
2016 Abu Kamal offensive[89][90][91]	Islamic State	New Syrian Army  United States  Jordan	Indecisive
Al-Qa'im offensive (June 2016)[92]	Islamic State	Iraqi tribal forces  United States	Victory
Battle of Al-Doulab (July 2016)[93]	Islamic State	Iraq  United States	Defeat
Battle of al-Rai (August 2016)[94]	Islamic State	Syrian opposition  United States  Turkey (artillery support & raids)	Defeat
Jarabulus offensive (2016)	Islamic State	Turkey Free Syrian Army  United States	Defeat
Eastern Qalamoun offensive (September–October 2016)	Islamic State	Jaysh al-Islam Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Jabhat Fateh al-Sham Authenticity and Development Front  Syria	Defeat
Northern al-Bab offensive (September 2016)	Islamic State	Turkey Free Syrian Army  United States	Defeat
2016 Dabiq offensive	Islamic State	Turkey Free Syrian Army  United States	Defeat
Battle of Mosul (2016)	Islamic State	Iraq Peshmerga  Iran  United States  United Kingdom  France  Australia  Canada	Defeat
Western al-Bab offensive (October–November 2016)	Islamic State	Turkey Free Syrian Army Syrian Democratic Forces  Syria  Russia	Defeat
Qandala campaign	Islamic State	Puntland	Defeat
Battle of al-Bab	Islamic State	Turkey Free Syrian Army Syrian Democratic Forces  Syria  Russia	Defeat
Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States  France  Germany  Russia	Defeat
Palmyra offensive (December 2016)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Victory
2017 Southern Syrian Desert offensive	Islamic State	Syrian opposition	Defeat
Palmyra offensive (2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Deir ez-Zor offensive (January 2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Victory
Dayr Hafir offensive (2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia Hezbollah Syrian Democratic Forces Free Syrian Army	Defeat
ISIL Daraa offensive (February 2017)	Islamic State	Tahrir al-Sham Free Syrian Army	Victory
Eastern Homs offensive (2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia Hezbollah	Defeat
Battle of Tabqa (2017)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States  United Kingdom Peshmerga	Defeat
Battle of Darzab (2017)	Islamic State (Khorasan Province)	Taliban  Afghanistan	Victory
2017 Bohol clashes	Islamic State	Philippines	Defeat
2017 Homs-Deir Ezzor offensive	Islamic State	Free Syrian Army	Defeat
Western Nineveh offensive (2017)	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Southern Syrian Desert offensive (May-July 2017)	Islamic State	Free Syrian Army  Syria  Russia Hezbollah	Defeat
Maskanah Plains offensive	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Battle of Marawi	Islamic State	Philippines	Defeat
East Hama offensive (2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia Hezbollah	Defeat
Battle of Raqqa (2017)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States  France  Germany  United Kingdom	Defeat
Battle of Tora Bora (2017)	Islamic State	Taliban  Afghanistan	Defeat
Southern Raqqa offensive (June 2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Al-Sukhnah offensive (August 2017)	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Central Syria campaign (July–October 2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Qalamoun offensive (July–August 2017)	Islamic State Tahrir al-Sham	Syria  Lebanon	Defeat
North Homs-Southern Hama pocket (August–September 2017)	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Tal Afar offensive (2017)	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2017)	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Central Syria counter-offensive	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Western Anbar offensive (September 2017)	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Deir ez-Zor (September–November 2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Eastern Syria campaign (September–December 2017)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia  Iran Hezbollah	Defeat
Akashat offensive (September 2017)	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Anah offensive (September 2017)	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Hawija offensive (2017)	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Deir ez-Zor offensive (September 2017–present)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	Defeat
2017 Euphrates Crossing offensive	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
2017 Mayadin offensive	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Tongo Tongo ambush	Islamic State	Niger  United States  France	IS victory
Northeastern Hama offensive (2017)	Islamic State	Tahrir al-Sham  Syria  Russia	Defeat
2017 Abu Kamal offensive	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
Western Iraq campaign (2017)	Islamic State	Iraq	Defeat
Syrian Desert campaign (December 2017–present)	Islamic State	Syria	Ongoing
Southern Damascus offensive (January–February 2018)	Islamic State	Syria Syrian Opposition	Victory
Southern Damascus offensive (March 2018)	Islamic State	Syria	Victory
Daraa offensive (2018)	Islamic State	Syrian Opposition	Indecisive
Eastern Syria campaign (March–June 2018)	Islamic State	Syria  Russia	Defeat
3rd Southern Damascus Offensive	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Northeastern Syria offensive (2018)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	Defeat
Battle of Derna (2018)	Islamic State	House of Representatives (Libya)	Defeat
2018 Battle of Abu Kamal	Islamic State	Syria Hezbollah  Russia  Iran Popular Mobilization Forces	Defeat
As-Suwayda offensive (June 2018)	Islamic State	Syria	Indecisive
2018 Southern Syria offensive	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Battle of Darzab (2018)	Islamic State (Khorasan Province)	Taliban	Defeat
As-Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018)	Islamic State	Syria	Defeat
Battle of Hajin (December 2018)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States  Russia  Iraq	Defeat
Chad Basin campaign (2018-2020)	Islamic State (West Africa Province)	Nigeria  Cameroon  Niger  Chad	Partial Defeat
Battle of Baghuz Fawqani (February–March 2019)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States  Iraq  Syria	Defeat
Kunar offensive (May 2019 – March 2020)	Islamic State	Taliban	Defeat
Barisha raid (October 2019)	Islamic State	United States	Defeat
Battle of Inates (December 2019)	Islamic State	Niger	Victory
Battle of Chinagodrar (January 2020)	Islamic State	Niger	Victory
March 2020 Chad and Nigeria massacres (March 2020)	Islamic State	Nigeria  Chad	Victory
Battle of Bir Al-Abd (July-August 2020)	Islamic State	Egypt	Initial Victory
Mocímboa da Praia offensive (August 2020)	Islamic State	Mozambique	Victory
2020 Al Bayda offensive (August 2020)	Islamic State	Houthi movement	Defeat
Battle of Tessit (March 2021)	Islamic State	Mali France	Victory
Battle of Palma (March 2021)	Islamic State	Mozambique	Indecisive
Battle of Sambisa Forest (May 2021)	Islamic State	Boko Haram	Victory
2021 Cabo Delgado offensives (from July 2021)	Islamic State	Mozambique  Rwanda SADC	Defeat (first offensive)
Battle of al-Hasakah (January 2022)	Islamic State	Syrian Democratic Forces  United States	SDF tactical victory/minor Islamic State strategic victory
Ménaka offensive (March 2022-May 2023)	Islamic State	Movement for the Salvation of Azawad GATIA Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin  Mali	Victory
Battle of Andéramboukane (June 2022)	Islamic State	Movement for the Salvation of Azawad GATIA	Victory
Battle of Talataye (September 2022)	Islamic State	Movement for the Salvation of Azawad Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin	Victory
Tabatol attack (October 2023)	Islamic State	Niger	Victory
Mucojo attack (February 2024)	Islamic State	Mozambique	Victory

See also

• List of wars and battles involving al-Qaeda

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