The war against the Islamic State was a military campaign by a broad range of forces to defeat the militant group that had declared a caliphate across large parts of Iraq and Syria. The group's capture of Mosul and other cities prompted a US-led international coalition to begin air strikes in 2014. On the ground, the Iraqi army, Kurdish Peshmerga, Shia militias and Syrian Kurdish-led forces fought the group, with Syrian government forces, Russia and Iran also involved. The Islamic State lost Mosul in 2017 and its capital, Raqqa, later that year, and its last territory at Baghuz in 2019. Its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a US raid. The group has continued as an insurgent and terrorist network.
Before and after
- 2 June 2014Creation of Swift
- from 4 June 2014 to 10 June 2014Fall of Mosul
- from 5 June 2014 to 25 June 2014Islamic State invasion of Iraq
- from 6 June 2014 to 24 February 2022Normandy Format
- 13 June 2014War against the Islamic State
- 15 June 2014US-led intervention in Iraq
- from 15 June 2014 to 16 April 2026Operation Inherent Resolve
- 23 June 2014Earthquake in Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- 25 June 2014Creation of Android TV
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