List of wars involving the United States - wikipedia List of wars involving the United States See also : Timeline of United States military operations and Timeline of United States at war History of U.S. expansion and influence Foreign policy Military history Timeline of military operations List of wars List of bases Manifest destiny Non-interventionism Foreign interventions Pax Americana America 's Backyard Territorial acquisitions United States involvement in regime change This is a list of wars involving the United States of America since its founding during the American Revolution. Contents 1 18th century wars 2 19th century wars 3 20th century wars 4 21st century wars 5 See also 6 References 7 External links 18th century wars Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result American Revolution ( 1775 -- 1783 ) Location : Eastern North America, Gibraltar, India, Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, which began negotiations between Great Britain and the United States. United States France Canadian Auxiliaries Spain Iroquois Oneida Tuscarora Watauga Association Catawba Lenape Choctaw Dutch Republic Mysore Great Britain Loyalists German Auxiliaries Iroquois Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Cherokee Victory Treaty of Paris Britain recognizes the independence of the United States of America Chickamunga War ( 1776 -- 1795 ) Location : Old Southwest Abduction of Daniel Boone 's daughter by the Cherokee United States Cherokee Victory Northwest Indian War ( 1785 -- 1793 ) Location : Northwest Territory The Battle of Fallen Timbers United States Chickasaw Choctaw Western Confederacy List Council of Three Fires Iroquois Confederacy Seven Nations of Canada Wabash Confederacy ( Wea, Piankashaw, and others ) Illini Confederacy Wyandot Mississaugas Menominee Shawnee Lenape Miami Kickapoo Kaskaskia Chickamauga Cherokee ( or `` Lower Cherokee '' ) Upper Muscogee Great Britain British North America Victory Treaty of Greenville British withdrawal American occupation of the Northwest Territory Shays ' Rebellion ( 1786 -- 1787 ) Location : Massachusetts Shays ' troops are repulsed from the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts in early 1787. United States Anti-Government Protesters Victory Problems with the Articles of Confederation spur U.S. Constitutional Convention Whiskey Rebellion ( 1791 -- 1794 ) 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 ( 1798 -- 1800 ) Part of the French Revolutionary Wars Location : Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean USS Constellation vs. L'Insurgente United States Co-belligerent : Great Britain France Guadeloupe Victory Peaceful cessation of Franco - American alliance End of French privateer attacks on American shipping American neutrality and renunciation of claims by France 19th century wars Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result for the United States and / or its Allies First Barbary War ( 1801 -- 1805 ) 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 Sultanate of Morocco Victory Peace treaty 1811 German Coast Uprising ( 1811 ) Location : Territory of Orleans United States Rebel slaves Supported by : Haiti Victory Suppression and later trials Tecumseh 's War ( 1811 ) Location : Northwest River Ohio The Battle of Tippecanoe United States Tecumseh 's Confederacy List Shawnee Red Sticks Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot Victory Peace treaty War of 1812 ( 1812 -- 1815 ) Location : Eastern and Central North America General Andrew Jackson stands on the parapet of his makeshift defenses as his troops repulse attacking Highlanders, by painter Edward Percy Moran in 1910. United States Choctaw Cherokee Nation Creek Allies United Kingdom British North America Tecumseh 's Confederacy List Shawnee Red Sticks Ojibway Chickamauga Meskwaki Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot Spain ( 1814 ) Stalemate Treaty of Ghent ; Status quo ante bellum with no boundary changes British assault on Sacket 's Harbor repulsed American invasions of British North America repulsed British invasions of the United States repulsed Defeat of Tecumseh 's Confederacy Creek War ( 1813 -- 1814 ) Location : Southern United States The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, 1814 United States Lower Creeks Cherokee Nation Choctaw Red Stick Creek Victory Treaty of Fort Jackson 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 ( 1817 -- 1818 ) Location : Pensacola, Florida Barracks and tents at Fort Brooke near Tampa Bay. United States Seminole Spanish Florida Victory Texas -- Indian Wars ( 1820 -- 1875 ) 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 The Arikara eventually settled with the Mandan and Hidatsa on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations ( 1825 -- 1828 ) Location : Off Greece, Aegean Sea Greek pirate boats attacking the HMS Comet. United States 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 ( 1835 -- 1842 ) Location : Florida, United States U.S. Marines search for Seminoles in the Everglades United States Seminole Victory 3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory 300 remain in Everglades Second Sumatran expedition ( 1838 ) Location : Aceh Sultanate United States Netherlands Chiefdom of Kuala Batee Victory Aroostook War ( 1838 ) Location : Maine & New Brunswick United States United Kingdom British North America Compromise Webster -- Ashburton Treaty Modern border of Maine and New Brunswick agreed upon British ( Canadian ) withdrawal from territory claimed by the United States Mexican -- American War ( 1846 -- 1848 ) Location : Texas, New Mexico, California, and Mexico 2nd Dragoons charge the enemy at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, 1846. United States California Republic Mexico Victory Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession Mexican recognition of Texas and California ( among other territories ) as independent ; end of conflict between Mexico and Texas Cayuse War ( 1847 -- 1855 ) Location : Oregon United States Cayuse Victory Apache Wars ( 1851 -- 1900 ) Location : Southwestern United States US Cavalry dash for cover while fighting Apaches, by F. Remington United States Apache Ute Yavapai Victory Apaches moved to reservations Puget Sound War ( 1855 -- 1856 ) Location : Washington United States Snoqualmie Nisqually Muckleshoot Puyallup Klickitat Haida Tlingit Victory Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations First Fiji Expedition ( 1855 ) Location : Fiji United States Fiji Victory Rogue River Wars ( 1855 -- 1856 ) Location : Rogue Valley United States Rogue River people Victory Indians relocated to Siletz, Grand Ronde, and Coast Reservations Third Seminole War ( 1855 -- 1858 ) Location : Pensacola, Florida United States Seminole Victory Yakima War ( 1855 -- 1858 ) 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 ( 1856 -- 1859 ) Location : China Palikao 's bridge, on the evening of the battle, by Émile Bayard British Empire French Empire United States Qing dynasty Victory Treaties of Tientsin Southern Kowloon ceded to the United Kingdom Utah War ( 1857 -- 1858 ) Location : Utah Territory and Wyoming United States Deseret / Utah Mormons ( Nauvoo Legion ) Compromise 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 ( 1858 -- 1866 ) Location : New Mexico Fort Defiance United States Navajo Victory Long Walk of the Navajo Navajos moved to reservations Second Fiji Expedition ( 1859 ) Location : Fiji United States Fiji Victory John Brown 's raid on Harpers Ferry ( 1859 ) Location : West Virginia Harper 's Weekly illustration of U.S. Marines attacking John Brown 's `` Fort '' Teresa Baine United States Abolitionist Insurgents Victory First and Second Cortina War ( 1859 -- 1861 ) Location : Texas and Mexico United States Confederate States Mexico Victory Paiute War ( 1860 ) Location : Pyramid Lake, Nevada United States Paiute Shoshone Bannock Victory American Civil War ( 1861 -- 1865 ) Location : United States The Battle of Antietam, by Kurz & Allison. United States Confederate States Victory Territorial integrity preserved Dissolution of the Confederacy Slavery abolished Lincoln assassinated Beginning of the Reconstruction Era Yavapai Wars ( 1861 -- 1875 ) 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 ( 1863 -- 1865 ) Location : Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska United States Cheyenne Arapaho Sioux Victory Military and congressional hearings against John Chivington Shimonoseki War ( 1863 -- 1864 ) Location : Kanmon Straits Capture of a Choshu battery at Shimonoseki by British sailors and marines. British Empire Dutch Empire French Empire United States Chōshū Domain Victory Chōshū pays an indemnity of $3,000,000. Snake War ( 1864 -- 1868 ) 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 Stalemate Red Cloud 's War ( 1866 -- 1868 ) Location : Powder River State The Fetterman Massacre United States Lakota Cheyenne Arapaho Defeat Treaty of Fort Laramie ( 1868 ) Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to Native Americans Creation of the Great Sioux Reservation ( including the Black Hills ) Formosa Expedition ( 1867 ) Location : Southern Formosa US Marines and Sailors attack Formosan pirates. United States Paiwan Defeat American withdrawal after Marine commander killed, subsequent Formosan retreat No other casualties Comanche Campaign ( 1867 -- 1875 ) Location : Western United States Battle of Beecher Island. One soldier and three horses have fallen, while others continue to wage the battle. 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 United States - Korea Treaty of 1882 Modoc War ( 1872 -- 1873 ) Location : California and Oregon Engraving of soldiers recovering the bodies of the slain May 3, 1873. United States Modoc Victory Red River War ( 1874 -- 1875 ) 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 Mexico Victory Cattle returned to Texas Great Sioux War of 1876 ( 1876 -- 1877 ) Location : Montana, Dakota and Wyoming Custer 's last stand at Little Bighorn. United States Lakota Dakota Sioux Northern Cheyenne Arapaho Victory Legal control of Powder River Country ceded to the United States Buffalo Hunters ' War ( 1876 -- 1877 ) Location : Texas and Oklahoma United States Comanche Apache Victory Nez Perce War ( 1877 ) Location : Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana Chief Joseph 's band in the Battle of Bear Paw Mountain United States Nez Perce Palouse Victory Bannock War ( 1878 ) Location : Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming United States Bannock Shoshone Paiute Victory Cheyenne War ( 1878 -- 1879 ) Location : Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Montana Aftermath of the Battle of `` The Pit. '' United States Cheyenne Victory Sheepeater Indian War ( 1879 ) Location : Idaho United States Shoshone Victory Victorio 's War ( 1879 -- 1881 ) Location : Mexico United States Mexico Apache Victory White River War ( 1879 -- 1880 ) Location : Colorado United States Ute Victory Pine Ridge Campaign ( 1890 -- 1891 ) Location : South Dakota Mass grave for the dead Lakota after the conflict at Wounded Knee Creek. United States Sioux Victory Garza Revolution ( 1891 -- 1893 ) Location : Texas and Mexico 3rd Cavalry Troopers searching a suspected Revolutionist, 1892 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 Yaqui Pima Opata Victory Second Samoan Civil War ( 1898 -- 1899 ) Location : Samoa Samoan warriors and American servicemen during the Siege of Apia in March 1899. Samoa United States Mataafans Germany Compromise Allies and Rebels compromise for peace Tripartite Convention United States acquires American Samoa United Kingdom withdraws claim in exchange for concessions in the Solomon Islands Germany acquires German Samoa Mata'afa Iosefo becomes paramount chief of Samoa Spanish -- American War ( 1898 ) Location : Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam Teddy Roosevelt and the `` Rough Riders '' charge Spanish positions during the Battle of San Juan Hill. United States Cuban Revolutionaries Filipino Revolutionaries Spain Cuba Guam Philippines Puerto Rico Victory Treaty of Paris Protectorate over Cuba Collapse of the Spanish Empire Generation of ' 98 among Spanish intellectuals Philippine -- American War ( 1899 -- 1902 ) Location : Philippines Kurz & Allison print of the Battle of Quingua. 1899 - 1902 United States Military Government 1902 - 1906 United States Civil Government 1899 - 1902 Philippine Republic Negros Republic Zamboanga Republic Limited Foreign Support : Empire of Japan Shishi 1902 - 1906 Tagalog Republic Irrenconcilables Victory Occupation of the Philippines Establishment of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands General Emilio Aguinaldo captured and exiled Dissolution of the First Philippine Republic Moro Rebellion ( 1899 -- 1913 ) Philippines The 8th Infantry Regiment defeat the Moros in the four - day battle of Bagsak Mountain on Jolo Island in the Philippines. United States Moro Remnants of the Sulu Sultanate Victory Boxer Rebellion ( 1899 -- 1901 ) Location : China Corporal Titus, of the 14th Infantry Regiment, scaling the walls of Peking. United Kingdom Russia Japan France United States Germany Italy Austria - Hungary Righteous Harmony Society ( Boxers ) China Victory Rebellion 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 ( 1910 -- 1919 ) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location : Mexico -- United States border American troops of the 16th Infantry Regiment rest for the night on 27 May 1916 United States Mexico Germany Victory Seditionist insurgency suppressed Permanent border wall established Pancho Villa 's troops no longer an effective fighting force Negro Rebellion ( 1912 ) Part of the Banana Wars Location : Cuba USS Mississippi in Cuba Cuba United States Cuban PIC Victory Rebellion suppressed Dissolution of the PIC Occupation of Nicaragua ( 1912 -- 1933 ) Part of the Banana Wars Location : Nicaragua US Marines holding a captured Sandinista flag. 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 ( 1914 -- 1915 ) 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 Veracruz ( 1914 ) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location : Mexico American ships at Veracruz United States Mexico Victory Veracruz occupied Occupation of Haiti ( 1915 -- 1934 ) Part of the Banana Wars Location : Haiti 2nd Marine Regiment in Haiti United States Haiti Haitian Rebels Victory Haiti occupied Occupation of the Dominican Republic ( 1916 -- 1924 ) Part of the Banana Wars Location : Dominican Republic US Marines in the Occupation of the Dominican Republic. United States Dominican Republic Victory Dominican Republic occupied World War I ( 1914 -- 1918 ) 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 British Empire United Kingdom Canada Newfoundland Australia New Zealand India South Africa Russia United States China Italy Japan Serbia Montenegro Romania Belgium Greece Portugal Brazil Germany Austria - Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro - Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations Russian Civil War ( 1918 -- 1920 ) Location : Russia, Mongolia, and Iran US troops march through Russia before the Battle of Romanovka. White Movement British Empire United Kingdom Canada Australia India Japan Czechoslovakia Greece Poland United States France Romania Serbia Italy China Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian Communists Defeat with some objectives completed ' ' ' Allied withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army Some Supplies captured at Vladivostok Humanitarian effort Last Indian Uprising ( 1923 ) Location : Utah Ute and Paiute prisoners of war. United States Ute Paiute Victory World War II ( 1939 -- 1945 ) Location : Europe, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa, North and South America U.S. Army Soldiers advancing at dawn in the cover of a M4 Sherman tank, during the Battle of Bougainville, 1944. Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico Ethiopia Mongolia Philippines Viet Minh KLA Albania Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Finland Thailand Manchukuo Mengjiang Croatia Slovakia Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War Korean War ( 1950 -- 1953 ) Part of the Cold War Location : Korea American soldiers in the Korean war with the Browning M1919A6 LMG. South Korea United States United Kingdom Australia Belgium Canada France Philippines Colombia Ethiopia Greece Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand South Africa Thailand Turkey North Korea China Soviet Union 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. Although this ended the actual fighting in the Korean Peninsula, the war is not ( technically ) over because a peace treaty was never signed Laotian Civil War ( 1953 -- 1975 ) Part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War Location : Laos A U.S. Air Force Bell UH - 1P from the 20th Special Operations Squadron `` Green Hornets '' at a base in Laos, 1970. Kingdom of Laos United States South Vietnam Thailand Supported by : Philippines Taiwan Pathet Lao North Vietnam Supported by : Soviet Union China Defeat Establishment of the Lao People 's Democratic Republic. Lebanon Crisis ( 1958 ) Location : Lebanon US Marine sits in a foxhole and points his machine gun toward Beirut. Lebanon United States Lebanese Opposition : INM LCP PSP Victory US - Lebanese occupation of the port and international airport of Beirut Withdrawal of US forces Bay of Pigs Invasion ( 1961 ) Part of the Cold War Location : Cuba CDRF United States Cuba Defeat Invasion of Cuba suppressed Vietnam War ( 1965 -- 1973, 1975 ) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars Location : Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos 1st Cavalry Division, Battle of Ia Drang, 1965. South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Philippines Khmer Republic Kingdom of Laos North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao North Korea Supported by : China Soviet Union Defeat Withdrawal of American forces from Indochina North Vietnamese victory over South Vietnam Dissolution of the Republic of Vietnam Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam Korean DMZ Conflict ( 1966 -- 1969 ) Part of the Korean conflict and the Cold War Location : Korean Demilitarized Zone ROK and US troop stationed at the DMZ, 1967. South Korea United States North Korea Victory North Korean failure to launch an insurgency in South Korea Dominican Civil War ( 1965 ) Location : Dominican Republic US soldiers push a child underneath a Jeep to protect him during a firefight in Santo Domingo on May 5, 1965. Dominican Loyalists United States Inter-American Peace Force Brazil Paraguay Nicaragua Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras Dominican Constitutionalists Victory Fall of the Bosch regime Joaquín Balaguer elected as the new president Insurgency in Bolivia ( 1966 -- 1967 ) Part of the Cold War Location : Bolivia Bolivia United States CIA Ejército de Liberación Nacional Victory CIA supported Bolivian armed groups oppress Che Guevara 's guerrilla forces Che Guevara captured and executed Cambodian Civil War ( 1967 -- 1975 ) Location : Cambodia US troops and tanks entering town in Cambodia. Kingdom of Cambodia ( 1967 -- 1970 ) Khmer Republic ( 1970 -- 1975 ) United States South Vietnam Other Supports Australia Canada France India Thailand National United Front of Kampuchea Khmer Rouge Khmer Rumdo Khmer Việt Minh North Vietnam Việt Cộng Other Supports China Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Defeat Fall of the Kingdom of Cambodia Creation but eventual collapse of the Khmer Republic Creation of the Democratic Kampuchea Beginning of the Cambodian genocide War in South Zaire ( 1978 ) Location : Zaire Zaire France Belgium United States Morocco Front for the National Liberation of the Congo Supported by : Angola Cuba Soviet Union Victory FNLC forces repelled Thousands of civilians evacuated from Kolwezi Operation Eagle Claw ( 1980 ) Part of the Iranian hostage crisis Location : Iran Wreckage at the Desert One base in Iran. United States Iran Blunder 1 helicopter and 1 transport aircraft destroyed 5 helicopters abandoned / captured Gulf of Sidra encounter ( 1981 ) Location : Gulf of Sidra United States Libya Victory Deterioration of US - Libyan relation Lebanese Civil War ( 1982 -- 1984 ) Location : Lebanon US Marines on patrol in Beirut, April 1983 Lebanese Armed Forces UNIFIL Multinational Force in Lebanon : United States France Italy Syria Arab Deterrent Force Saudi Arabia Sudan UAE Libya South Yemen Lebanese National Movement Jammoul PLO Amal Movement Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hezbollah Islamic Unification Movement Lebanese Front Army of Free Lebanon SLA Supported by : Ba'athist Iraq Israel Defeat Multinational forces fail to prevent collapse of Lebanese Army into sectarian militias. Taif Agreement Multinational forces evacuated after the US embassy and US Marine barracks are bombed by the Islamic Jihad Organization. Multinational forces oversee withdrawal of Palestine Liberation Organization. PLO expelled from Lebanon Southern Lebanon goes into crisis Civil war continues until 1990 President Hafez al - Assad continues his occupation Lebanon until his son and later president Bashar al - Assad orders a with withdrawal from the country Invasion of Grenada ( 1983 ) Part of the Cold War Location : Grenada American soldiers in mortar positions in Grenada. United States Barbados Jamaica Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines PRG of Grenada Cuba Military advisors : List Soviet Union North Korea East Germany Libya Victory Military dictatorship of Hudson Austin deposed Defeat of Cuban military presence Restoration of Constitutional Government Action in the Gulf of Sidra ( 1986 ) Libyan corvette obliterated after attempting to fire on US forces United States Libya Victory Libyan naval forces damaged or destroyed Libyan air defenses damaged Bombing of Libya ( 1986 ) Part of the Cold War Location : Libya USAF F - 111 taking off for Libya United States United Kingdom Libya Victory Ground targets destroyed. Failed Libyan Scud missile response Muammar Gaddafi survived Tanker War ( 1987 -- 1988 ) Location : Persian Gulf Iranian frigate Sahand after being attacked by U.S. aircraft. United States Iran Victory Successful operations against Iran during the Iran -- Iraq War Tobruk encounter ( 1989 ) Location : Mediterranean Sea Gun camera depicting the last remaining MiG - 23 fighters exploding after being shot down. United States Libya Victory Two Libyan MiG - 23 fighters shot down Invasion of Panama ( 1989 -- 1990 ) Location : Panama U.S. troops prepare to take a neighborhood in Panama City, December 1989. United States Panamanian Opposition Panama Victory Dictator Manuel Noriega deposed Gulf War ( 1990 -- 1991 ) Location : Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel M1 Abrams tanks of the 3rd Armored Division advance on Medina Ridge. Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Qatar Bahrain United Arab Emirates Oman Bangladesh Iraq Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait ; Emir Jaber III restored Sanctions against Iraq Iraqi No - Fly Zone Enforcement ( 1991 -- 2003 ) Location : Iraq A Tomahawk cruise missile is fired from an Arleigh Burke - class destroyer during Operation Desert Fox in December 1998. United States United Kingdom France Australia Belgium Netherlands Saudi Arabia Turkey Italy Iraq Victory Various bombings of Iraqi forces both arial and naval Mass numbers of Iraqi targets killed or destroyed Reduction in Iraqi air defense Beginning of the Iraq War Intervention in the Somali Civil War ( 1992 -- 1995 ) Location : Somalia US Marines on patrol in Somalia. United States United Kingdom Spain Saudi Arabia Malaysia Pakistan Italy India Greece Germany France Canada Botswana Belgium Australia New Zealand Somali National Alliance Defeat Failure to capture SNA leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Withdrawal of US forces following losses in Battle of Mogadishu. The UN mandate saved close to 100,000 lives, before and after US withdrawal. Civil war is ongoing. Bosnian War ( 1992 -- 1995 ) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location : Bosnia and Herzegovina Russian and American troops on a joint patrol around the Bosnian town of Zvornik on the afternoon of 29 February 1996. Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 FR Yugoslavia Stalemate Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina Over 101,000 dead, 65,000 Bosniaks, 28,000 Serbs, 8,000 Croats Deployment of NATO - led IFOR to uphold the peace agreement High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina established to implement the peace agreement. Intervention in Haiti ( 1994 -- 1995 ) Location : Haiti US troops arrive in Haiti. United States Poland Argentina Haiti Victory Reinstatement of Jean - Bertrand Aristide as president of Haiti Kosovo War ( 1998 -- 1999 ) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location : Serbia Bombing of Novi Sad. KLA AFRK Albania Croatia United States Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Poland Spain Turkey United Kingdom FR Yugoslavia Blunder Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo De facto separation of Kosovo from FR Yugoslavia under UN administration UN Resolution 1244 confirming Kosovo as part of FRY Return of Albanian refugees Ethnic cleansing of Serbs from Kosovo KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency Russia uses Kosovo as pretext for Crimea, Abhasia and South Osetia interventions Operation Infinite Reach ( 1998 ) Location : Sudan and Afghanistan al - Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. United States al - Qaeda Sudan Harkat - ul - Mujahideen Lashkar - e-Taiba Blunder al - Qaeda suffers damage and casulties however its senior leaders survive the strikes Al - Shifa pharmaceutical plant destroyed Al - Qaeda propaganda victory leads to Osama bin Laden 's image be praised in the Muslim world as a symbol of resistance ^ Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords. Air Force and Special Ops continued some operations until April 1975 ; President Ford in a televised speech on April 23, 1975 declared the end of Vietnam War. ^ 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 ( 2001 -- present ) Part of the War on Terror Location : Afghanistan 101st Airborne Division firefight in Kunar Province Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Australia Croatia Czech Republic Georgia Germany Italy Romania Spain Turkey Formerly : ISAF Taliban Islamic Jihad Union Haqqani network Allied groups HIG al - Qaeda IJU IMU Taliban splinter groups Fidai Mahaz IS - Affiliates : Wilayat Khorasan ( ISIL - K ) 2001 invasion : Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Talibani Army Salafist extremists 055 Brigade Ongoing American - led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al - Qaeda training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Osama bin Laden killed by US Navy SEALs inside his compound in a raid in Pakistan NATO implements a support mission Escape of Ayman al - Zawahiri Withdrawal halted and prolonged presence in region set in place Iraq War ( 2003 -- 2011 ) Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War on Terror Location : Iraq M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks in Baghdad during the Occupation of Iraq United States Iraq United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia New Zealand Denmark Georgia Azerbaijan Ukraine Estonia Netherlands Portugal Spain MNF -- I Ba'ath Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al - Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups IAI Ansar al - Sunnah Ba'athist Iraq Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al - Qaeda in Iraq, and Sectarian Violence and another civil war Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al - Qaeda in Iraq Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new democratic government U.S. -- Iraq Status of Forces Agreement Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011 Stronger Iranian influence in Iraq Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal leading to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the successor of al - Qaeda in Iraq Iraqi Civil War ( 2014 - 2017 ) Return of US forces to Iraq in 2014 to combat ISIL War in North - West Pakistan ( 2004 -- present ) Part of the War on Terror Location : Pakistan Airstrike on the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan United States United Kingdom Tehrik - i - Taliban Pakistan al - Qaeda Lashkar - e-Jhangvi Turkistan Islamic Party Tehreek - e-Nafaz - e-Shariat - e-Mohammadi Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khorasan Jundallah Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Jamaat - ul - Ahrar Ongoing On going insurgency in the Northern tribal regions of Pakistan as well as in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ongoing drone attacks by the United States Somali Civil War ( 2009 -- present ) Location : Somalia and North Eastern Kenya Marine unit preparing to land abroad a US vessel near the Somali coast. Somalia United States United Kingdom AMISOM Kenya Al - Shabaab Hizbul Islam Islamic State in Somalia Supported by : Eritrea Ongoing Newly formed federal government established in 2012 Merger and split between / of Hizbul Islam and Al - Shabaab forces Power struggle within Al - Shabaab between moderate factions and pro-al - Qaeda members Continued insurgency Expanded American military operations Continued drone strikes and raids by Special Forces Operation Ocean Shield ( 2009 -- 2016 ) Part of the OEF -- Horn of Africa Location : Indian Ocean A tall plume of black smoke rises from a destroyed pirate vessel that was struck by the USS Farragut in March 2010. NATO United States United Kingdom Denmark Netherlands Spain Greece Germany Belgium Canada Italy Portugal Turkey Norway Somali Pirates Victory Number of pirate attacks have decreased dramatically since the start of such operations, however attacks still occur near the coast waters of Oman, Yemen, Kenya, and Somalia The US Office of Naval Intelligence have officially reported that in 2013, only 9 incidents of piracy were reported and that neither of them were successfully hijacked Piracy drops 90 % Libyan Civil War ( 2011 ) Part of the Libyan Crisis Location : Libya US vessels launch missiles in support of the Libyan Civil War. States enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973 : United States United Kingdom Belgium Bulgaria Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Spain Turkey Sweden Jordan Qatar United Arab Emirates Libya Victory Overthrow of Gaddafi government and Death of Muammar Gaddafi Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council ( NTC ) Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU Post-civil war violence in Libya, leading to the ongoing civil war in 2014 American - led Intervention in Iraq ( 2014 -- 2017 ) Part of the Iraqi Civil War, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, and War on ISIS Location : Iraq A Royal Danish Air Force F - 16, October 2016 United States Iraq Kurdistan Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Jordan Morocco Netherlands United Kingdom Turkey Iran Hezbollah Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Victory Over 10,000 American airstrikes conducted in Iraq since 2014 Heavy damaged caused to ISIS forces resulting in loses of about 40 % of its held territory by 2016, and by December 2017, its remaining strongholds were destroyed leaving small pockets of fleers. Multinational humanitarian support to civilians and arming of local ground troops and militias Advising and training of Iraqi forces Massive numbers of war crimes committed by ISIS including ethnic cleansing, murder, rape, and enslavement. Additionally there are reports of organ trafficking American intervention in Syria ( 2014 -- present ) Part of the Syrian Civil War and War on ISIS Location : Syria Aleppo, Karm al Jabal neighborhood, 2013 United States Australia Denmark Netherlands France Germany Jordan United Kingdom Canada Bahrain Belgium Saudi Arabia Qatar Morocco Turkey United Arab Emirates Syrian Democratic Forces Free Syrian Army ( 2011 - 2017 ) Israel ( only against Hezbollah ) Islamic State of Iraq and Syria al - Qaeda al - Nusra Front Khorasan group Tahrir al - Sham Jaysh al - Sunna Jund al - Aqsa Ahrar al - Sham Partial Support : Saudi Arabia Bahrain Qatar Syria Supported by : Russia Iran Hezbollah China Ongoing Over 11,200 American and allied airstrikes hit ISIS and other extremist groups within Syria Thousands of ISIS targets destroyed / militants killed Chemical attack in Ghouta results in thousands of casualties, the perpetrators is still yet to be officially determined ; While Russia and the Syrian government claim it was initiated by rebels, Western powers blame Bashar al - Assad 's forces for the attack U.S and allies provide support to the Kurdish - led Syrian Democratic Forces US rebel training program ongoing Deployment of US marines and special forces In the response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack, president Donald Trump ordered the launch of 60 tomahawk cruise missiles against the Shayrat airbase which was believed to have been the base that initiated the chemical attack Various attacks against the Syrian government for retaliation or for breaches in de-confliction zones. Syrian SU - 17 shot down by American FA - 18 after it was reported that it conducted airstrikes on Syrian Democratic Forces ; this marked the first time in 18 years that the US engaged in an air - to - air combat Skirmishes and encounters between Syrian and Israeli armed forces Yemeni Civil War ( 2015 -- present ) Location : Yemen Yemeni capital Sanaa after airstrikes, 9 October 2015. Hadi Loyalists Saudi - led Coalition : Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bahrain Kuwait Egypt Jordan Morocco Senegal Sudan United States United Kingdom Supported by : Canada Australia Turkey China Germany France Supreme Political Council Houthis Ahrar al - Najran Supported by : Iran Hezbollah Qatar North Korea Ansar al - Sharia AQAP Wilayah al - Yaman Ongoing Yemen 's capital city of Sana'a falls under Houthi control Saudi Arabia and its coalition begin to bomb Houthi rebel positions Aden becomes the new capital for the Hadi loyalist government Yemen experiences a cholera outbreak in 2016 Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in fire fight by a sniper during the ongoing battle in Sana'a The United States and the CIA continue its targeted killing program against radical groups in the region US Naval blockade in place against Iranian vessels trying to move weapons into Houthi territory 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis leads to restoring full diplomatic relations with Iran Several raids against al - Qaeda initiated by US Special Forces Famine caused by war is affecting over 17 million people leaving 50,000 children to be a risk of dying in 2017 American intervention in Libya ( 2016 -- present ) Part of the Second Libyan Civil War Location : Libya Harrier Jump Jet prepares for takeoff to Sirte, Libya. 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Question: in which country is the united states actively fighting
Answer: Syria