List of wars involving the United States

This is a list of direct armed conflicts involving the United States of America since its founding during the American Revolution.

18th century wars

Conflict Combatant 1k Combatant 2 Result Combatant1 Combatant 2 Result for the United States and/or its Allies
American Revolutionary War
(17751783)

Location: Eastern North America, Gibraltar, British India, Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic

The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, which began negotiations between Great Britain and the United States.
 United States
Kingdom of France France
Spain Spain
Vermont

Iroquois

Watauga Association
Catawba
Lenape
Choctaw


 Netherlands


Mysore

 Great Britain
Loyalists
Holy Roman Empire German Auxiliaries

Iroquois

Cherokee

Victory
Chickamunga War
(17761795)

Location: Old Southwest

 United States Cherokee Victory
Northwest Indian War
(17851793)

Location: Northwest Territory

A depiction of the Treaty of Greenville negotiations.
 United States
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Western Confederacy


Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain

Victory
Whiskey Rebellion
(17911794)

Location: Western Pennsylvania

George Washington reviews troops before their march to suppress the rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
 United States Frontier tax protesters Victory
  • Armed resistance eliminated.
  • Minor tax evasion
Quasi-War
(17981800)
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean

U.S. Marines escorting French prisoners.
 United States

Co-belligerent:
 Great Britain

France France

Co-belligerent:
Spain Spain

Victory
  • Peaceful cessation of Franco-American alliance
  • Reduction of French privateer and warship activity
  • End of French privateer attacks on American shipping
  • American neutrality and renunciation of claims against France

19th century wars

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for the United States and/or its Allies
First Barbary War
(18011805)
Part of the Barbary Wars

Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tripoli.

Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon at Derna, April 1805.
 United States
 Sweden
Eyalet of Tripolitania

Morocco Sultanate of Morocco

Victory
  • Peace treaty
Tecumseh's War
(1811)

Location: Northwest River Ohio

 United States Tecumseh's Confederacy


Victory
  • Peace treaty
War of 1812
(18121815)

Location: Eastern and Central North America

The Battle of New Orleans, the final major battle and most one-sided engagement of the war.
 United States
Choctaw
Cherokee Nation
Creek Allies
British Empire United Kingdom

Tecumseh's Confederacy


Spain Spain (1814)

Stalemate
Creek War
(18131814)

Location: Southern United States

William Weatherford surrendering to Andrew Jackson after the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
 United States
Lower Creeks
Cherokee Nation
Choctaw
Red Stick Creek Victory
Second Barbary War
(1815)
Part of the Barbary Wars

Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary states.

Decatur's Squadron off Algiers.
 United States Regency of Algiers Victory
  • Peace treaty
First Seminole War
(18171818)

Location: Pensacola, Florida

Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke near Tampa Bay.
 United States Seminole

Spain Spanish Florida

Victory
Texas-Indian wars
(18201875)

Location: Texas

A Kiowa ledger drawing depicting a battle between Southern Plains Indians and the U.S. Army during the Red River War.
 Spain

 Mexico


 Republic of Texas
 United States

Comanche Victory
Arikara War
(1823)

Location: Missouri River

 United States Arikara Victory
Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations
(18251828)

Location: Off Greece, Aegean Sea

Greek pirate boats attacking the HMS Comet.
 United States First Hellenic Republic Greek Pirates Victory
  • Defeat of Greek pirates
  • HMS Comet liberated by American forces
  • Message of thanks issued to Louis Goldsborough from the British government
Winnebago War
(1827)

Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory

 United States Prairie La Crosse Ho-Chunks
with a few allies
Victory
  • Ho-Chunks cede lead mining region to the United States
First Sumatran expedition
(1832)

Location: Aceh Sultanate

U.S. Infantry assaulting the Acehnese forts at Kuala Batu in 1832.
 United States
 Netherlands
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory
Black Hawk War
(1832)

Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory

Native women and children fleeing the Battle of Bad Axe.
 United States
Ho-Chunk
Menominee
Dakota
Potawatomi
Black Hawks British Band
Ho-Chunk and Potawatomi allies
Victory
Second Seminole War
(18351842)

Location: Florida, United States

This view of a Seminole village shows the log cabins they lived in prior to the disruptions of the Second Seminole War.
 United States Seminole Victory
Second Sumatran expedition
(1838)

Location: Aceh Sultanate

 United States
 Netherlands
Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory
Mexican–American War
(18461848)

Location: Texas, New Mexico, California, and Mexico

Second Battle of Tabasco.
 United States
California Republic
 Mexico Victory
Cayuse War
(18471855)

Location: Oregon

 United States Cayuse Victory
Apache Wars
(18511900)

Location: Southwestern United States

 United States Apache
Ute
Yavapai
Victory
Puget Sound War
(18551856)

Location: Washington

 United States
Snoqualmie
Nisqually
Muckleshoot
Puyallup
Klickitat
Haida
Tlingit
Victory
First Fiji Expedition
(1855)

Location: Fiji

 United States Fiji Victory
Rogue River Wars
(18551856)

Location: Rogue Valley

 United States Rogue River people Victory
  • Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations
Third Seminole War
(18551858)

Location: Pensacola, Florida

A U.S. Marine boat expedition searching the Everglades during the Second Seminole War.
 United States Seminole Victory
Yakima War
(18551858)

Location: Washington Territory

Seattleites evacuate to the town blockhouse as USS Decatur opens fire on advancing tribal forces.
 United States
Snoqualmie
Yakama
Walla Walla tribe
Umatilla tribe
Nez Perce tribe
Cayuse tribe
Victory
  • Peace treaty
Second Opium War
(18561859)

Location: China

Palikao's bridge, on the evening of the battle, by Émile Bayard
United Kingdom British Empire
France French Empire
 United States
Qing dynasty Victory
Utah War
(18571858)

Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming

 United States Deseret / Utah Mormons (Nauvoo Legion) Resolution
  • Resolution through negotiation
  • Brigham Young replaced as governor of the territory
  • Full amnesty for charges of sedition and treason issued to the citizens of Utah Territory by President James Buchanan on the condition that they accept American Federal authority
Navajo Wars
(18581866)

Location: New Mexico

Fort Defiance
 United States Navajo Victory
Second Fiji Expedition
(1859)

Location: Fiji

 United States Fiji Victory
First and Second Cortina War
(18591861)

Location: Texas and Mexico

United States United States

Confederate States of America Confederate States

Mexico Mexican Paramilitary Forces Victory
Paiute War
(1860)

Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada

 United States Paiute
Shoshone
Bannock
Victory
American Civil War
(18611865)

Location: United States

The Battle of Antietam, by Kurz & Allison.
 United States  Confederate States Victory
Bombardment of Qui Nhơn
(1861)
Part of the Cochinchina Campaign

Location: Qui Nhơn, Vietnam

 United States Nguyễn Dynasty Victory
  • Vietnamese-held fort silenced
Yavapai Wars
(18611875)

Location: Arizona

 United States Yavapai
Apache
Yuma
Mohave
Victory
Dakota War of 1862
(1862)

Location: Minnesota and Dakota

The Siege of New Ulm, Minnesota on August 19, 1862
 United States Dakota Sioux Victory
Colorado War
(18631865)

Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska

 United States Cheyenne
Arapaho
Sioux
Victory
Shimonoseki War
(18631864)

Location: Kanmon Straits

Capture of a Choshu battery at Shimonoseki by British sailors and marines.
 British Empire
 Dutch Empire
France French Empire
 United States
Chōshū Domain Victory
  • Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000.
Snake War
(18641868)

Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho

 United States Paiute
Bannock
Shoshone
Victory
Powder River War
(1865)

Location: Powder River State

 United States Sioux
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Inconclusive
Red Cloud's War
(18661868)

Location: Powder River State

 United States Lakota
Cheyenne
Arapaho
Defeat
Formosa Expedition
(1867)

Location: Southern Formosa

 United States Paiwan aboriginals Indecisive
  • Formosan retreat
  • American withdrawal
Comanche Campaign
(18671875)

Location: Western United States

 United States Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa
Victory
United States expedition to Korea
(1871)

Location: Ganghwado

American forces after capturing the Deokjin Fort during the Battle of Ganghwa in 1871.
 United States Joseon Dynasty Victory
Modoc War
(18721873)

Location: California and Oregon

Engraving of soldiers recovering the bodies of the slain May 3, 1873.
 United States Modoc Victory
Red River War
(18741875)

Location: Texas

 United States Cheyenne
Arapaho
Comanche
Kiowa
Victory
  • End to the Texas-Indian Wars
Las Cuevas War
(1875)

Location: Texas and Mexico

Texan soldiers.
 United States Mexican militia Victory
  • Cattle returned to Texas
Great Sioux War of 1876
(18761877)

Location: Montana, Dakota and Wyoming

Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn.
 United States Lakota
Dakota
Northern Cheyenne
Arapaho
Victory
  • Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to the United States
Buffalo Hunters' War
(18761877)

Location: Texas and Oklahoma

 United States Comanche
Apache
Victory
Nez Perce War
(1877)

Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana

 United States Nez Perce
Palouse
Victory
San Elizario Salt War
(18771878)

Location: Texas

 United States Tejano militia Victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Bannock War
(1878)

Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming

 United States Bannock
Shoshone
Paiute
Victory
Cheyenne War
(18781879)

Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana

 United States Cheyenne Victory
Sheepeater Indian War
(1879)

Location: Idaho

 United States Shoshone Victory
Victorio's War
(18791881)

Location: Mexico

 United States
 Mexico
Apache Victory
White River War
(18791880)

Location: Colorado

 United States Ute Victory
    Pine Ridge Campaign
    (18901891)

    Location: South Dakota

    Mass grave for the dead Lakota after the conflict at Wounded Knee Creek.
     United States Sioux Victory
      Garza Revolution
      (18911893)

      Location: Texas and Mexico

       Mexico
       United States
      Garzistas Victory
      Yaqui Wars
      (1896-1918)

      Location: Arizona and Mexico

      10th Cavalry soldiers holding Yaqui prisoners at their camp in Bear Valley, January 9, 1918.
       United States
      Mexico Mexico
      Yaqui
      Pima
      Opata
      Victory
      Second Samoan Civil War
      (18981899)

      Location: Samoa

      Samoa
       United States
      Mataafans
       Germany
      Compromise
      Spanish–American War
      (1898)

      Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam

      Battle of Manila Bay painting.
       United States
       Cuba
      Philippine Republic
      Katipunan
      Spain Spain: Victory
      Philippine–American War
      (18991902)

      Location: Philippines

      A group of Filipino combatants are photographed just as they lay down their weapons prior to their surrender.
       United States  First Philippine Republic
      Tagalog Republic
      First Philippine Republic Pulajanes
       Sulu Sultanate
      Sulu Sultanate Moro
      Republic of Zamboanga
      Republic of Negros
      Victory
      Moro Rebellion
      (18991913)

      Philippines

      Aftermath of the First Battle of Bud Dajo.
       United States
      Moro
      Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate
      Victory
      Boxer Rebellion
      (18991901)

      Location: China

      The fall of Tianjin.
      British Empire United Kingdom
       Russia
       Japan
      France France
       United States
       Germany
       Italy
       Austria-Hungary
      Righteous Harmony Society (Boxers)
       China
      Victory
      • The rebellion was suppressed
      • Signing of the Boxer Protocol
      • Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing

      20th century wars

      Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for the United States and/or its Allies
      Crazy Snake Rebellion
      (1909)

      Location: Oklahoma

      Creek prisoners of war.
       United States Creek Victory
      Border War
      (19101919)
      Part of the Mexican Revolution

      Location: Mexico–United States border

       United States Mexican Carrancistas
      German Empire Germany
      Victory
      Negro Rebellion
      (1912)
      Part of the Banana Wars

      Location: Cuba

      USS Mississippi in Cuba
      Cuba Cuba
       United States
      Cuba Cuban PIC Victory
      • Rebellion suppressed
      • Dissolution of the PIC
      Occupation of Nicaragua.
      (19121933)
      Part of the Banana Wars

      Location: Nicaragua

      Occupation of Nicaragua
       United States
       Nicaragua
      Nicaraguan Liberals
      Sandinistas
      Victory
      • Nicaragua occupied until 1933.
      • Great Depression marked US withdrawal in 1933.
      • Change of regime in Nicaragua.
      Bluff War
      (19141915)

      Location: Utah and Colorado

      Prisoners of the Bluff War in Thompson, Utah, waiting to board a train for their trial in Salt Lake City.
       United States Ute
      Paiute
      Victory
      Occupation of Haiti.
      (19151934)
      Part of the Banana Wars

      Location: Haiti

      Occupation of Haiti
       United States
      Haiti Haiti
      Haiti Haitian Rebels Victory
      • Haiti occupied
      Sugar Intervention
      (19161918)
      Part of the Banana Wars

      Location: Cuba

      Cuba Cuba
       United States
      Cuba Liberal Party of Cuba Victory
      • Uprising quelled.
      Occupation of the Dominican Republic
      (19161924)
      Part of the Banana Wars

      Location: Dominican Republic

      Occupation of the Dominican Republic.
       United States
      Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Victory
      • Dominican Republic occupied
      World War I
      (19171918)

      Location: Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East, the Pacific Islands, and coast of North and South America

      Two US troops pass by dead German soldiers on a battlefield.
       France
       United Kingdom
       Russia
       United States
      Republic of China (1912–49) China
       Italy
       Japan
       Canada
       Australia
       New Zealand
       India
       South Africa
      Arab Revolt Hejaz
       Serbia
       Montenegro
       Romania
       Belgium
       Greece
       Portugal
       Brazil
       Germany
       Austria-Hungary
       Ottoman Empire
       Bulgaria
      Victory
      Russian Civil War
      (19181920)

      Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran

      US troops march through Russia before the Battle of Romanovka.
      Russia White movement
      United Kingdom British Empire

       Japan
       Czechoslovakia
       Greece
       Poland
       United States
      France France
       Romania
       Serbia
       Italy
      Republic of China (1912–49) China

       Russian SFSR
       Far Eastern Republic
      Latvian SSR
      Ukrainian SSR
      Commune of Estonia
      Mongolian communists
      Defeat
      Posey War
      (1923)

      Location: Utah

      Ute and Paiute prisoners of war.
       United States Ute
      Paiute
      Victory
      World War II
      (19411945)

      Location: Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, North and South America

      US troops in Okinawa.
       Soviet Union
       United States
       United Kingdom
       China
       France
       Poland
       Canada
       Australia
       New Zealand
       India
       South Africa
       Mongolia
       Yugoslavia
       Greece
       Denmark
       Norway
       Netherlands
       Philippines
       Belgium
       Luxembourg
       Czechoslovakia
       Brazil
      Mexico Mexico
       Ethiopia
      North Vietnam Viet Minh
      Korea KLA
       Germany
       Japan
       Italy
       Hungary
       Romania
       Bulgaria
       Finland
       Thailand
       Manchukuo
       Mengjiang
       Croatia
       Slovakia
       Albania
      Victory
      Korean War
      (19501953)
      Part of the Cold War

      Location: Korea

      US and South Korean troops in combat.
       South Korea
       United States
       United Kingdom
       Australia
       Belgium
      Canada
      Philippines
       Colombia
       Cuba
      Ethiopia
      Greece
       Japan
       Luxembourg
      Netherlands
       New Zealand
      South Africa
       Thailand
       Turkey
       Taiwan
       Guatemala
       El Salvador
       North Korea
       China
       Soviet Union
       Mongolia
       India
      Stalemate
      • North Korean invasions of South Korea repelled
      • Subsequent United Nations invasion of North Korea repelled
      • Subsequent Chinese-North Korean-Soviet invasion of South Korea repelled
      • Korean Armistice Agreement
      Lebanon Crisis
      (1958)

      Location: Lebanon

      US Marine sits in a foxhole and points his machine gun toward Beirut.
      Lebanon Lebanon
       United States
      Lebanon Lebanese Opposition: Victory
      Bay of Pigs Invasion
      (1961)
      Part of the Cold War

      Location: Cuba

       United States
      Cuba CDRF
      Cuba Cuba Defeat
      • Invasion of Cuba suppressed
      • Failed Castro assassination
      Simba Rebellion
      (1964)
      Part of the Cold War

      Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

      Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo-Léopoldville
       Belgium
       United States
      Simba rebels Victory
      • Rebellion defeated.
      Dominican Civil War
      (19651966)

      Location: Dominican Republic

      US soldiers arrive in the Dominican Republic.
      United States
      Brazil Brazil
       Honduras
       Paraguay
       Nicaragua
       Dominican Republic Victory
      Vietnam War
      (19651973[lower-alpha 1], 1975[lower-alpha 2])
      Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars

      Location: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos

      US soldiers gathered around dead Viet Cong troops.
       South Vietnam
       United States
       South Korea
       Australia
       New Zealand
       Thailand
       Philippines
      Cambodia Khmer Republic
      Kingdom of Laos
       North Vietnam
      Viet Cong
      Khmer Rouge
      Laos Pathet Lao
       China
      Defeat
      Shaba II
      (1978)

      Location: Zaire
      (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)

       Zaire
       France
       Belgium
       United States
      State of Katanga Front for the National Liberation of the Congo Victory
      Multinational Force in Lebanon
      (1982-1984)
      Part of the Lebanese Civil War

      Location: Lebanon

      USS New Jersey fires a salvo from her 16-inch guns during a 1984 deployment off Beirut.
       Italy
       United States
       France
       United Kingdom
      Islamic Jihad Organization
      Iran Iran
       Syria
      Victory
      Invasion of Grenada
      (1983)
      Part of the Cold War

      Location: Grenada

      American soldiers in mortar positions in Grenada.
       United States
      Caribbean Peace Force:

       Barbados
       Jamaica
      Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

      Grenada PRG of Grenada
       Cuba
      Military advisors:
      Victory
      • Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed
      • Defeat of Cuban military presence
      • Restoration of Constitutional Government
      Tanker War
      (19871988)

      Location: Persian Gulf

      Iranian frigate Sahand after being attacked by U.S. aircraft.
      United States United States Iran Iran Victory
      Invasion of Panama
      (19891990)

      Location: Panama

      U.S. troops prepare to take a neighborhood in Panama City, December 1989.
       United States  Panama Victory
      Gulf War
      (19901991)

      Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel

      Aftermath of a bombed US position.
       Kuwait
       United States
       United Kingdom
       Saudi Arabia
       France
       Canada
       Egypt
       Syria
       Qatar
       Bahrain
       United Arab Emirates
       Oman
       Bangladesh
      Iraq Victory
      Somali Civil War
      (19921995)

      Location: Somalia

      American soldiers on patrol in Somalia.
       United States
       United Kingdom
       Spain
       Saudi Arabia
       Malaysia
       Pakistan
       Italy
       India
       Greece
       Germany
       France
       Canada
       Botswana
       Belgium
       Australia
      Somalia Somalia Victory
      • UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled.
      • About 100,000 lives were saved by outside resistance.
      • Civil war is ongoing.
      Intervention in Haiti
      (19941995)

      Location: Haiti

      US troops arrive in Haiti.
       United States
       Poland
       Argentina
       Haiti
      Victory
      Bosnian War
      (19941995)
      Part of the Yugoslav Wars

      Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina

      UN forces deployed in Bosnia.
      Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

      Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia Herzeg-Bosnia
       Croatia


       United States
       Belgium
       Canada
       Denmark
       France
       Germany
       Italy
       Luxembourg
       Netherlands
       Norway
       Portugal
       Spain
       Turkey
       United Kingdom

       Republika Srpska
      YPA
       Serbian Krajina
      Western Bosnia
      Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
      Victory
      • Dayton Accords
      • Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords
      • Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement
      • Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group
      Kosovo War
      (19981999)
      Part of the Yugoslav Wars

      Location: Serbia

      Bombing in Kosovo.
      KLA
      Albania AFRK
       Albania
       Croatia
       United States
       Belgium
       Canada
       Czech Republic
       Denmark
       France
       Germany
       Hungary
       Italy
       Luxembourg
       Netherlands
       Norway
       Portugal
       Poland
       Spain
       Turkey
       United Kingdom
      Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia Victory
      1. Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords.
      2. The war reignited on 13 December 1974 with offensive operations by North Vietnam, leading to victory over South Vietnam in under two months.

      21st century wars

      Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for the United States and/or its Allies
      War in Afghanistan
      (20012014)
      Part of the War on Terror

      Location: Afghanistan

      U.S. troops of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment during their clearing of the Sangin District.
       United States
       Afghanistan
      ISAF
       United Kingdom

       Azerbaijan
       Germany
       Denmark
       Italy
       France
       Canada
       Australia
       New Zealand
       El Salvador
       Armenia
       Georgia
       Norway
       Sweden
       Poland
       Estonia
       Romania
       Turkey
       Bulgaria
       Hungary
       Luxembourg
       Portugal}
       Jordan
       Albania
       Iceland
      Northern Alliance

      Afghanistan Taliban

      Allied groups


      Taliban splinter groups

      2001 invasion:
      Afghanistan Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

      al-Qaeda

      Ongoing
      Iraq War
      (20032011)
      Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War on Terror

      Location: Iraq

      U.S. troops of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment search a house for insurgents, weapons caches and explosives during a patrol.
       United States
       Iraq
       Azerbaijan

       United Kingdom
       South Korea
       Italy
       Poland
       Australia
       Georgia
       Ukraine
       Estonia
       Netherlands
       Spain
       Denmark
      MNF–I

      Baath Loyalists
      Islamic State of Iraq
      al-Qaeda in Iraq
      Mahdi Army
      Special Groups
      IAI
      Ansar al-Sunnah

      Iraq Ba'athist Iraq

      Victory - see War on ISIL below
      War in North-West Pakistan
      (2004–present)
      Part of the War on Terror

      Location: Pakistan

      Airstrike on insurgent forces in Pakistan.
       United States

       Pakistan

      Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
      al-Qaeda
      Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
      Lashkar-e-Islam
      Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
      East Turkestan Islamic Movement
      Tehreek-e-Shariat

      Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

      Ongoing
      2011 military intervention in Libya
      (2011)
      Part of the Libyan Crisis

      Location: Libya

      US vessels launch missiles in support of the Libyan Civil War.
      States enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973:

       NATO

       Jordan
       Qatar
       Sweden
       United Arab Emirates

      Libya Victory
      War on ISIL (Operation Inherent Resolve)
      (2014present)
      Part of the Iraqi Civil War, Syrian Civil War, Second Libyan Civil War,
      Boko Haram insurgency, and the War on Terror

      Location: Iraq, Syria, Libya and Nigeria

      US airstrikes on ISIL positions in Syria.
       United States
      IraqIraq
       United Kingdom
       Canada
       Jordan
       Morocco
       Australia
       Belgium
       Denmark
       France
       Germany
       Italy
       Netherlands
       New Zealand
       Norway
       Portugal
       Spain
       Bahrain
       Saudi Arabia
       United Arab Emirates
      Syria Syrian Opposition
       Nigeria
       Chad
       Cameroon
       Niger
       Libya

       Syria
       Iran
       Russia

       Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
      Boko Haram

      al-Nusra Front
      Khorasan


      Ahrar ash-Sham

      Ongoing
      • Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda positions in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Nigeria and Afghanistan
      • Multinational humanitarian efforts
      • Arming and support for local ground forces
      • Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq and Syria flee their homes sparking a refugee crisis
      • Thousands of civilians are executed by ISIL forces
      • ISIL loses up to 30% of its territory in Iraq[15]
      • ISIL controls around 50% of Syria by late May 2015[16][17]
      • Emergence of independently-governed Kurdish regions
      War in Afghanistan
      (2015present)
      ISAF troops changing mission and beginning the RSM.
      Afghanistan Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

      Allied militias

      Coalition:

        Afghanistan Taliban

        Supported by:
         Pakistan

         Iran (Disputed)


        Allied groups


        Taliban splinter groups


        Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

        Ongoing
        • Security and control of Afghanistan taken over by Afghan security forces
        • NATO implements a support mission
        • Continued counter-terror operations being conducted by NATO forces
        • ISIL establishes presence in Afghanistan and begins to recruit fighters[18]
        • Failed 2015 Taliban resurgence attempt in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan[19]
        • U.S. halts withdrawal and prolongs presence in Afghanistan[20]

        See also

        References

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        17. "Isis controls over 50% of Syria after taking Palmyra". Newsweek. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
        18. "Officials confirm ISIL present in Afghanistan". Al Jazeera.
        19. "Taliban exit Afghan city of Kunduz but claims mission was success".
        20. Matthew Rosenberg and Michael D. Shear. "In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017". The New York Times. Retrieved October 16, 2015.

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