War against the Islamic State

{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = War against the Islamic State
| partof      = the war on terror
| image       = File:Place de l'Horloge Raqqa 2017.jpg
| date        = 8 April 2013 – present
({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=6|day1=13|year1=2014|}})
| place       = {{Collapsible list |
| title = Show locations
| Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Mozambique, the North Caucasus, and Southeast Asia}}
| result      =
| status      = {{Collapsible list
|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
|title = Ongoing; IS militarily defeated in Iraq, Syria and Libya|
- 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
}}
| combatant1  = **In multiple regions:**{{plainlist|
- **{{flagicon image|Seal of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve.svg|30px|border=}}{{nbsp}}CJTF–OIR**
- {{flagicon image|}} IMCTC
}}
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{{Collapsible list|title=In Iraq and Syria|{{plainlist|
- {{flag|Iraq|size=22px}}
- {{flag|Iraqi Kurdistan|size=22px}}
- {{flag|United States|size=22px}}
- {{flag|Iran|size=22px}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg|size=22px}} Ba'athist Syria (2013–2024)
- {{flag|Russia|size=22px}} (2015–2024)
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- {{flagicon image|Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg|size=23px}} Syrian caretaker government (2024–2025)
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg|size=23px}} Syrian transitional government (since 2025)
- {{flag|Turkey|size=22px}}
- {{flag|Jordan|Size=22px}}
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- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian Salvation Government.svg|size=23px}} Syrian Salvation Government (2017–2024)
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg|size=22px}} Syrian Interim Government (2013–2025)
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- {{flag|Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|size=22px}} (2015–present)
}}
}}
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{{Collapsible list|title=In Egypt|
{{plainlist|
- {{flag|Egypt}} (conflict since 2014)
- {{flag|Israel}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg|size=22px}} Hamas
}}
}}
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{{Collapsible list|title=In Libya and Afghanistan|{{plainlist|
- {{flag|Libya|size=22px}}
    - Government of National Accord (2015–2021)
    - Government of National Unity (since 2021)
    - Tobruk-based government (2014–2021)
    - Government of National Stability (since 2022)
- {{flag|Egypt|size=22px}}
- {{flag|France|size=22px}}
- {{flag|United States|size=22px}}
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- {{flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|size=22px}} (2015–2021)
- {{flag|Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan|size=22px}} (since 2021) (the Taliban, in a conflict with IS since 2015)
}}
}}
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{{Collapsible list|title=In Pakistan|{{plainlist|
- {{flag|Pakistan|size=25px}}
- {{flag|China|size=23px}}
}}
}}
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{{Collapsible list|title=In West Africa|{{plainlist|
- {{flagicon image|Badge of Multinational Joint Task Force.svg|30px|border=}}{{nbsp}}Multinational Joint Task Force
}}
}}
| combatant2  = {{Collapsible list
|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:left;
|title = {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} **Islamic State**|
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Libya
(in Libya)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Sinai
(in the Sinai peninsula)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat West Africa{{-}}(in West Africa)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Sahil{{-}}(in the Sahel)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Central Africa{{-}}(in Central Africa)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Mozambique
(in Mozambique)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Khorasan
(in Afghanistan and Iran)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Qavqaz
(in the North Caucasus)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Abu Sayyaf
(in Southeast Asia)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Somalia
(in Somalia)
- {{flagicon image|Islamic State flag.svg|size=22px}} Wilayat Pakistan (in Pakistan)
}}
| commander1  = {{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Donald Trump** (2017–2021 and from 2025)

{{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Pete Hegseth** (from 2025)

{{flag icon|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Keir Starmer** (from 2024)

{{flag icon|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **John Healey** (from 2024)

{{flag icon|France|size=22px}} **Emmanuel Macron** (from 2017)

{{flag icon|France|1974|size=22px}} **Sébastien Lecornu** (from 2022)

{{flag decoration|Australia|size=22px}} Anthony Albanese (from 2022)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Bart De Wever (from 2025)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Theo Francken (from 2025)

{{flag icon|Bahrain|size=22px}} Hamad Al Khalifa

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Mette Frederiksen (from 2019)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Troels Lund Poulsen (from 2023)

{{flag decoration|Canada|size=22px}} Mark Carney (from 2025)

{{flag decoration|Canada|size=22px}} David McGuinty (from 2025)

{{flag decoration|Germany|size=22px}} Friedrich Merz (from 2025)

{{flag decoration|Germany|size=22px}} Boris Pistorius (from 2023)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Giorgia Meloni (from 2022)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Guido Crosetto (from 2022)

{{Collapsible list|title=Allies|
{{flag decoration|Jordan|size=22px}} King Abdullah II

{{flag icon|Morocco|size=22px}} King Mohammed VI

{{flag icon|Netherlands|size=22px}} Dick Schoof (from 2024)

{{flag decoration|Netherlands|size=22px}} Ruben Brekelmans (from 2024)

{{flag icon|Norway|size=22px}} Jonas Gahr Støre (from 2021)

{{flag icon|Norway|size=22px}} Tore O. Sandvik (from 2025)

{{flag icon|Qatar|size=22px}} Tamim Al Thani

{{flag icon|Saudi Arabia|size=22px}} King Salman (from 2015)

{{flag decoration|Turkey|size=22px}} Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
{{flag decoration|Turkey|size=22px}} Yaşar Güler (from 2023)

{{flag icon|United Arab Emirates|size=22px}} Mohamed Al Nahyan (from 2022)

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{{flag icon|Syria|size=22px}} **Ahmed al-Sharaa** (from 2024)

{{Collapsible list|title=Allies|
{{flag icon|Turkey|size=22px}} Recep Tayyip Erdoğan}}
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{{flag icon|Iraq|size=22px}} **Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani** (from 2022)

{{flag decoration|Iraqi Kurdistan|size=22px}} **Nechirvan Barzani** (from 2019)

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{{flag icon|Libya|size=22px}}
**Khalifa Haftar** (from 2014)

{{flag icon|Libya|size=22px}}
**Saddam Haftar** (from 2016)

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{{flag icon|Iran|size=22px}} **Ali Khamenei**

{{Collapsible list|title=Allies|
{{flag icon|Hezbollah|size=22px}} Naim Qassem (from 2024)

{{flag icon|Russia|size=22px}} Vladimir Putin

{{flag icon|Russia|size=22px}} Mikhail Mishustin (from 2020)

{{flag icon|Russia|size=22px}} Andrey Belousov (from 2024)
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{{flag icon|Lebanon|size=22px}} **Joseph Aoun** (from 2025)

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{{flag icon|Pakistan|size=22px}} **Shehbaz Sharif** (2022–2023 and from 2024)

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{{flag icon|Afghanistan|size=22px}} **Hibatullah Akhundzada** (from 2016)

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{{flag icon|Egypt|size=22px}} **Abdel Fattah el-Sisi**
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{{flag icon|Nigeria|size=22px}} **Bola Tinubu** (from 2023)

{{flag icon|Chad|size=22px}} **Mahamat Déby** (from 2021)

{{flag icon|Cameroon|size=22px}} **Paul Biya**

{{flag icon|Niger|size=22px}} **Abdourahamane Tchiani** (from 2023)

{{Collapsible list|title=Allies|
{{flag icon|Burundi|size=22px}} Évariste Ndayishimiye (from 2020)

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{{Collapse top|Former leaders|indent=0px|border=0px|b-color=transparent|bg=transparent|border2=0px transparent|bg2=transparent|left=true}}
{{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Joe Biden** (2021–2025)

{{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Lloyd Austin** (2021–2025)

{{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Barack Obama** (until 2017)

{{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Chuck Hagel** (until 2015)

{{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Ash Carter** (2015–2017)

{{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Jim Mattis** (2017–2019)

{{flag decoration|United States|size=22px}} **Mark Esper** (2019–2020)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Rishi Sunak** (2022–2024)
{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Liz Truss** (2022)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Boris Johnson** (2019–2022)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Theresa May** (2016–2019)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **David Cameron** (until 2016)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Philip Hammond** (2014)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Michael Fallon** (2014–2017)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Gavin Williamson** (2017–2019)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Penny Mordaunt** (2019)

{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Ben Wallace** (2019–2023)
{{flag decoration|United Kingdom|size=22px}} **Grant Shapps** (2023–2025)

{{flag icon|France|1974|size=22px}} **François Hollande** (until 2017)

{{flag icon|France|1974|size=22px}} **Jean-Yves Le Drian** (2014–2017)

{{flag icon|France|1974|size=22px}} **Florence Parly** (2017–2022)

{{flag decoration|Australia|size=22px}} Scott Morrison (2018–2022)

{{flag decoration|Australia|size=22px}} Malcolm Turnbull (2015–2018)

{{flag decoration|Australia|size=22px}} Tony Abbott (until 2015)

{{flag decoration|Australia|size=22px}} Dennis Richardson (2015–2017)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Alexander De Croo (2020–2025)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Sophie Wilmès (2019–2020)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Charles Michel (2014–2019)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Elio Di Rupo (until 2014)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Pieter De Crem (2014)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Steven Vandeput (2014–2018)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Didier Reynders (2018–2019)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Philippe Goffin (2019–2020)

{{flag decoration|Belgium|size=22px}} Ludivine Dedonder (2020–2025)

{{flag decoration|Canada|size=22px}} Justin Trudeau (2015–2025)

{{flag decoration|Canada|size=22px}} Stephen Harper (until 2015)

{{flag decoration|Canada|size=22px}} Robert Nicholson (2014–2015)

{{flag decoration|Canada|size=22px}} Jason Kenney (2015)

{{flag decoration|Canada|size=22px}} Anita Anand (2021–2023)

{{flag decoration|Canada|size=22px}} Bill Blair (from 2023)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Lars Løkke Rasmussen (2015–2019)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Helle Thorning-Schmidt (until 2015)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Nicolai Wammen (2014–2015)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Carl Holst (2015)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Peter Christensen (2015–2016)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Claus Hjort Frederiksen (2015–2019)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Trine Bramsen (2019–2022)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Morten Bødskov (2022)

{{flag decoration|Denmark|size=22px}} Jakob Ellemann-Jensen (2022–2023)

{{flag decoration|Germany|size=22px}} Olaf Scholz (2021–2025)

{{flag decoration|Germany|size=22px}} Angela Merkel (until 2021)

{{flag decoration|Germany|size=22px}} Ursula von der Leyen (2014–2019)

{{flag decoration|Germany|size=22px}} Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2019–2021)

{{flag decoration|Germany|size=22px}} Christine Lambrecht (2021–2023)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Mario Draghi (2021–2022)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Giuseppe Conte (2018–2021)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Paolo Gentiloni (2016–2018)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Matteo Renzi (until 2016)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Roberta Pinotti (2014–2018)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Elisabetta Trenta (2018–2019)

{{flag decoration|Italy|size=22px}} Lorenzo Guerini (2019–2022)

{{flag icon|Netherlands|size=22px}} Mark Rutte (2010–2024)

{{flag decoration|Netherlands|size=22px}} Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (2014–2017)

{{flag decoration|Netherlands|size=22px}} Ank Bijleveld (2017–2021)

{{flag decoration|Netherlands|size=22px}} Henk Kamp (2021–2022)

{{flag decoration|Netherlands|size=22px}} Kajsa Ollongren (2022–2024)

{{flag icon|Norway|size=22px}} Erna Solberg (until 2021)

{{flag icon|Norway|size=22px}} Ine Eriksen Søreide (2014–2017)

{{flag icon|Norway|size=22px}} Frank Bakke-Jensen (2017–2021)

{{flag icon|Norway|size=22px}} Odd Roger Enoksen (2021–2022)

{{flag icon|Norway|size=22px}} Bjørn Arild Gram (2022–2025)

{{flag icon|Saudi Arabia|size=22px}} King Abdullah  # (until 2015)

{{flag decoration|Turkey|size=22px}} İsmet Yılmaz (2015–2016)

{{flag decoration|Turkey|size=22px}} Vecdi Gönül (2015)

{{flag decoration|Turkey|size=22px}} Fikri Işık (2016–2017)

{{flag decoration|Turkey|size=22px}} Nurettin Canikli (2017–2018)

{{flag decoration|Turkey|size=22px}} Hulusi Akar (2018–2023)

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{{flag icon|Russia|size=22px}} Dmitri Medvedev (until 2020)

{{flag icon|Russia|size=22px}} Sergei Shoigu (until 2024)

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{{flag icon|Iraq|size=22px}} **Iyad Allawi** (2014–2018)

{{flag icon|Iraq|size=22px}} **Adil Abdul-Mahdi** (2018–2020)

{{flag icon|Iraq|size=22px}} **Haider al-Abadi** (2014–2018)

{{flag icon|Iraq|size=22px}} **Nouri al-Maliki** (until 2014)

{{flag decoration|Iraqi Kurdistan|size=22px}} **Masoud Barzani** (until 2017)

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{{flag icon|Pakistan|size=22px}} **Imran Khan** (2018–2022)

{{flag icon|Pakistan|size=22px}} **Shahid Khaqan Abbasi** (2017–2018)

{{flag icon|Pakistan|size=22px}} **Nawaz Sharif** (until 2017)

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{{flag icon|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|size=22px}} **Ashraf Ghani** (2015–2021)

{{flag icon|Taliban|size=22px}} Akhtar Mansour † (2015–2016)
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{{flag icon|Nigeria|size=22px}} **Goodluck Jonathan** (until 2015)

{{flag icon|Nigeria|size=22px}} **Muhammadu Buhari** (until 2023)

{{flag icon|Chad|size=22px}} **Idriss Déby** † (until 2021)

{{flag icon|Niger|size=22px}} **Mohamed Bazoum** (2021–2023)

{{flag icon|Niger|size=22px}} **Mahamadou Issoufou** (until 2021)

{{flag icon|Burundi|size=22px}} **Pierre Nkurunziza** † (until 2020)
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{{flag icon|Lebanon|size=22px}} **Michel Aoun** (until 2022)

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{{flag icon|Syria|1980|size=22px}} **Bashar al-Assad** (until 2024)

{{flag icon|Iran|size=22px}} Qasem Soleimani † (until 2020)

{{flag icon|Hezbollah|size=22px}} Hassan Nasrallah † (until 2024)
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| commander2  = {{flag decoration|Islamic State|size=22px}} **Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi** (Leader)

{{Collapsible list|title=Former Leaders|
{{flag decoration|Islamic State|size=22px}} Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi{{KIA}}
(Former leader)
{{flag decoration|Islamic State|size=22px}} Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi{{KIA}}
(Former leader)
{{flag decoration|Islamic State|size=22px}} Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi{{KIA}}
(Former leader)
{{flag decoration|Islamic State|size=22px}} Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi{{KIA|Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi}}
(Former leader)

{{flag icon|Islamic State|size=22px}} Abu Ali al-Anbari{{KIA}}
(Deputy Leader of IS)

{{flag decoration|Islamic State|size=22px}} Abu Ayman al-Iraqi{{KIA}} (Head of Military Shura)

{{flag decoration|Islamic State|size=22px}} Abu Muslim al-Turkmani{{KIA}} (Deputy Leader, Iraq)

{{flag decoration|Islamic State|size=22px}} Abu Osama al-Masri{{KIA}} (Emir of Sinai)