| 2014 American rescue mission in Syria | |||||||
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| Part of the Syrian Civil War and the Military intervention against the Islamic State | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Barack Obama |
 Abu Omar al-Shishani (Field commander in Syria) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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1st SFOD-D[1] 75th Ranger Regiment, Regimental Reconnaissance Company 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment |
Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Ground force: Around 24 Delta Force operators[1] Unknown number of Army Rangers 1 Jordanian special forces operator Aircraft: 4 MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters including 2 MH-60L 1 AC-130 Gunship 2 MQ-1 Predator drones Fighter jets | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1 U.S. soldier wounded[1] 1 Jordanian soldier wounded (unconfirmed)[1] | 5–8 militants killed[1][2] | ||||||
The 2014 rescue mission in Syria was an American led effort to locate and rescue hostages being held by Islamic State (IS) forces.[3] Plans to rescue the hostages were accelerated after the execution of journalist James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and Kayla Mueller by IS militants. A total of 14 hostages were held hostage by the IS at an undisclosed location.[4] Though no soldiers were killed, the mission failed to locate and rescue the hostages.[3]
- ^ a b c d e Ruth Sherlock and Carol Malouf in Erbil and Josie Ensor (21 August 2014). "The failed US mission to try and rescue James Foley from Islamic State terrorists". Telegraph.co.uk. London. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Dairieh, Medyan (July 2015). "My Journey Inside the Islamic State". Vice.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ a b Szoldra, Paul. "The Operation To Rescue American Hostages In Syria Was Much Larger Than We Realized". Business Insider. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ Miller, Zeke (2014-08-20). "U.S. Launched Operation to Rescue ISIS Hostages, Pentagon Says". Time. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 2023-04-11.