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War against the Islamic State
Part of the Post-Cold War era, War on Terror, Iraqi conflict, Syrian Civil War and Spillover, Afghan conflict, Libyan Crisis, Yemeni Crisis, Somali Conflict, Boko Haram insurgency, Insurgency in the Maghreb and the Insurgency in the North Caucasus
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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
Date8 April 2013 – present
(13 years, 1 week and 5 days)
Location
Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Mozambique, the North Caucasus, and Southeast Asia
Status
Coalition victory (territorial)
  • Ongoing low-intensity insurgency
    • Airstrikes on IS 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 IS forces in Iraq and Syria
    • IS controlled around 40% of Iraq at its peak in mid-2014
    • IS controlled around 50% of Syria by late May 2015
    • Emergence of independently-governed Kurdish regions
    • IS military defeated and lost all of its territory in Libya in December 2017
    • Boko Haram loses territory, but its insurgency continues
    • IS controlled 5.67% of Syria's land by November 2017 and around 3% of Iraq by October 2017
    • IS loses all territory in Iraq and most territory in Syria in December 2017
    • IS loses all remaining territory in Syria in March 2019
Belligerents
In multiple regions:
In Iraq
In Syria
In Egypt
In Libya
In Afghanistan
In Pakistan
In West Africa
Commanders and leaders

Donald Trump (2017–2021 and from 2025)
Pete Hegseth (from 2025)
United Kingdom Keir Starmer (from 2024)
United Kingdom John Healey (from 2024)
France Emmanuel Macron (from 2017)
France Catherine Vautrin (from 2025)
Anthony Albanese (from 2022)
Bart De Wever (from 2025)
Theo Francken (from 2025)
Bahrain Hamad Al Khalifa
Mette Frederiksen (from 2019)
Troels Lund Poulsen (from 2023)
Mark Carney (from 2025)
David McGuinty (from 2025)
Friedrich Merz (from 2025)
Boris Pistorius (from 2023)
Giorgia Meloni (from 2022)
Guido Crosetto (from 2022)

Allies

Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa (from 2024)

Allies

Iraq Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (from 2022)
Nechirvan Barzani (from 2019)

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

Bashar al-Assad (2013–2024)
Iran Mojtaba Khamenei (from 2026)

Allies

Lebanon Joseph Aoun (from 2025)

Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif (2022–2023 and from 2024)

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)

Allies

Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Leader)

Former Leaders
Strength
United States:
  • 4,100 troops (in Iraq)
  • 2,500 troops (in Kuwait)
  • 7,000 contractors
  • 500 soldiers to retrain the Iraqi army
Australia:
  • 400 RAAF personnel
  • 200 special forces troops
  • 300+ regular soldiers (combined with 100+ New Zealand soldiers)
Canada:
Germany:
  • 1200 troops
Italy:
  • 130 search and rescue team
  • 1,200 troops
Russia:
  • 4,000 personnel
Iran:
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
  • Islamic Front (2013-2015); 26,000-30,000 soldiers
Taliban in Afghanistan:
  • 168,000 soldiers
  • 210,121 police forces and pro-Taliban militia
Pakistan:
  • 200,000-345,000 soldiers
  • 90,000-120,000 paramilitary forces
IS:
  • 200,000 in Iraq and Syria (claim by Iraqi Kurdistan Chief of Staff)
  • 28,600–31,600 in Iraq and Syria (Defense Department estimate)
  • 35,000–100,000 (State Department estimate)
  • 1,500+ in Egypt
  • 6,500–10,000 in Libya
  • 7,000–10,000 in Nigeria
  • 1,000–3,000 in Afghanistan
  • At least 400 in the Philippines and Malaysia
  • Up to 600 tanks
Casualties and losses
Iraq Iraq:
    • 16,000+ killed and 13,000+ wounded
Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria:
    • 11,000+ fighters killed
Ba'athist Syria Ba'athist Syria:
    • 8,000+ soldiers killed
Syria Syrian Opposition (2011-2024):
    • 3,378+ fighters killed
Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region:
    • 1,500+ fighters killed
    • 6,000+ fighters wounded
    • 52 fighters missing
Egypt Egypt:
    • 3,277+ security forces killed
    • 12,280+ personnel injured
Chad Chad:
    • 101 servicemen killed
Turkey Turkey:
    • 76 servicemen killed
      6 police officers killed
Nigeria Nigeria:
    • 48 servicemen killed
Iran Iran:
    • 35 servicemen killed
Russia Russia:
    • 28 servicemen killed
Niger Niger:
    • 9 servicemen killed
United States United States:
    • 6 servicemen killed
    • 16 servicemen wounded
Cameroon Cameroon:
    • 6 servicemen killed
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia:
    • 3 border guards killed
Canada Canada:
    • 1 serviceman killed
France France:
    • 2 servicemen killed
United Kingdom United Kingdom:
    • 3 servicemen killed
Jordan Jordan:
    • 1 serviceman killed

43 480 killed overall

31 296 Injured overall
Islamic State Islamic State:
    • 80,000+ killed in Iraq and Syria since 2014
      • 41,459+ killed in Syria per SOHR
    • 1,500–2,500 killed in Libya
    • 974 killed in Philippines
    • 300 killed in Afghanistan
    • 1,000+ killed in Egypt
83,000+ militants killed overall

13,568+ Iraqi civilians killed by Islamic State
5,939+ Syrian civilians killed by Islamic State

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)

4,096–6,085 civilians killed by Russian airstrikes in Syria

3,300,000 Iraqi civilians displaced

Support:

Military aid:
Humanitarian aid:
Intelligence aid:

Local forces:

Local forces in Iraq:
Local forces in Syria:

Egyptian-led intervention: (in Libya)
 Egypt
 Libya

Nigerian-led intervention: (Boko Haram as part of the IS since 2015)
 Nigeria
 Cameroon
 Chad
 Niger
 Burundi
 United States
See also: American military intervention

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