Operation Inherent Resolve

E32495

Operation Inherent Resolve is the U.S.-led military campaign launched in 2014 to combat ISIS and associated extremist groups in Iraq and Syria.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf coalition military campaign
military operation
appliesToJurisdiction Iraq
Syria
commandedBy United States Central Command
conflictType air campaign
counterterrorism operation
international military intervention
country United States
hasMainOpponent Daesh
ISIL
ISIS
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
hasPart Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve
headquartersLocation Al Udeid Air Base
Qatar
leadBy United States
legalBasis invitations from Iraqi government and existing U.S. authorizations for use of military force
namedAfter resolve of the coalition to defeat ISIS
notableBattle Battle of Kobani
Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)
Battle of Raqqa (2017)
objective degrade and ultimately defeat ISIS
support local partner forces against ISIS
participant Australia
Bahrain
Belgium
Canada
France
Germany
Iraqi Security Forces
Jordan
Kurdish Peshmerga
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Democratic Forces
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States Armed Forces
partOf War on Terror
result territorial defeat of ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria
startTime 2014
August 2014
theaterOfOperations Iraq
Syria
uses airstrikes
intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance
special operations forces
training and advising local forces

Referenced by (25)

Please wait…