page_title: American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
section_title: 2019
hierarchical_section_title: American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) / Chronology / Timeline / 2019
caption_attribution_description: English: CJTF American and French soldiers in support of the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani from Iraq
context_page_description: An American-led intervention in Iraq started on 15 June 2014, when President Barack Obama ordered United States forces to be dispatched to the region, in response to offensives in Iraq conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. At the invitation of the Iraqi government, American troops went to assess Iraqi forces and the threat posed by ISIL.
  In early August 2014, ISIL attacked Kurdish-held territory in northern Iraq, and captured three towns in northern Iraq, close to the autonomous region of Kurdistan. In response, on 5 August, the United States started supplying the Kurdish Peshmerga forces with weapons. On 7 August, the United States also started humanitarian aid air droppings of food, water, and medicine for civilians fleeing ISIL in the Sinjar Mountains. On the next day, 8 August, the United States began airstrikes against ISIL positions in Iraq. Since then, in coalition with the United States, nine countries have also executed airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq. These airstrikes have been operating more or less in concert with ground warfare by Kurdish and Iraqi government forces against ISIL.
context_section_description: On 31 December, angry protestors attacked the United States embassy in Baghdad, in response to the U.S. airstrike two days earlier against Kata'ib Hezbollah militia. Reuters reported that, in response, U.S. ambassador and staff have been evacuated, however, this was denied by the U.S. army. U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Iran for the attack.
caption: French and American soldiers in support of the CJTF-OIR in Iraq, 2019. Coalition forces supported SDF advances with airstrikes and cross-border artillery from Iraq
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