Jordanian intervention in the Syrian civil war

Jordanian intervention in the Syrian civil war
Part of the Military intervention against ISIL (Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War)

Jordan in green and Syria in orange.
Date22 September 2014 – 31 July 2018[2]
(3 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location
Status
Belligerents
 Jordan
 United Arab Emirates[1]
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Jordan Abdullah II
Jordan Abdullah Ensour
Jordan Hani Mulki
Jordan Omar Razzaz
Jordan Bisher Al-Khasawneh
Jordan Mashal Al-Zaben
Jordan Mahmoud Freihat
Jordan Yousef Huneiti
United Arab Emirates Khalifa Al Nahyan
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Nahyan
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Maktoum
Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Leader of IS)
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi 
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi 
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi [4]
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 
Abu Ali al-Anbari [5]
Abu Suleiman al-Naser 
Abu Omar al-Shishani 
Abu Waheeb 
Strength

Jordanian Forces:

Emirati Forces:

Up to 200,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria
Casualties and losses
Unknown

The Jordanian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War began on 22 September 2014, with airstrikes on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets, and escalated after the murder of Muath al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot who was captured by ISIL when his F-16 Fighter Jet crashed over Syria in early 2015. Though Jordan's strikes in Syria largely tapered off after December 2015, airstrikes have continued through February 2017,[9] and Jordan has continued to support rebel groups in Syria and host military activities of other countries.

  1. ^ Sciutto, Jim; Castillo, Mariano; Yan, Holly (22 September 2014). "US airstrikes hit ISIS inside Syria for first time". CNN. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. ^ Eric Schmitt; Michael R. Gordon (7 November 2015). "As U.S. Escalates Air War on ISIS, Allies Slip Away". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ^ "The Latest: Syrian forces drive IS from Golan frontier". AP NEWS. 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ "ISIS leader al-Qurayshi dies in suicide blast alongside six children in US raid". LBC. 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ Engel, Pamela (23 April 2015). "Report: A former physics teacher favored by Osama bin Laden is now leading ISIS". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  6. ^ Adams, Paul (February 3, 2015). "Jordan pilot hostage Moaz al-Kasasbeh 'burned alive'". BBC News. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "Jordan pilot ejected over Syria after 'technical failure'". Yahoo! News. Agence France-Presse. December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  8. ^ "IS claims suicide attack in Jordan". BBC News. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ynet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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