List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State

The following is a list of conflicts involving the jihadist militant group known as the Islamic State (IS/ISIL/ISIS/Daesh), throughout its various incarnations. The group controlled portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in the mid-2010s and has taken part in many attacks, battles and wars.

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
First Battle of Fallujah	Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Islamic Army in Iraq Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order	United States	Victory
2004 Good Friday ambush	Mujahideen Shura Organization of Monotheism and Jihad Mahdi Army	United States U.S. Army KBR, Inc.	Victory
Battle of Samarra (2004)	Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Ba'ath Party loyalists^[1]	United States Iraq	Defeat

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
Second Battle of Fallujah	Al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic Army in Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah 1920 Revolution Brigades	United States Iraq United Kingdom	Defeat
Battle of Mosul (2004)	Al-Qaeda in Iraq^[2] Ansar al-Sunna^[3] Islamic Army in Iraq^[4] Ba'ath Party Loyalists^[2] Brigades of the Army of the Mustafa^[4] Army of the Conqueror^[4] Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraqi Security Forces Peshmerga^[2]	Defeat
Lake Tharthar raid	Secret Army of Islam Ba'ath Party loyalists Al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents	Iraq United States	Defeat
Battle of Abu Ghraib	Iraqi insurgents: Al Qaeda in Iraq^[5]	United States	Defeat
Battle of Tal Afar (2005)	Al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008)	Sunni factions al-Qaeda in Iraq (until October 2006) Islamic State of Iraq (from October 2006) Sunni tribes Other militias	Public stability: Iraqi security forces Sunni Awakening movement United States United Kingdom^[6] Other coalition forces Shia factions Mahdi Army Special Groups Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Kata'ib Hezbollah Promised Day Brigades Badr Brigades Rogue elements of Iraqi security forces Soldiers of Heaven Shia tribes Other militias	Defeat
Battle of Ramadi (2006)	Mujahideen Shura Council al-Qaeda in Iraq Later reformed as: Islamic State of Iraq^[7]	United States United Kingdom New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Second Battle of Habbaniyah	Al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Defeat
Ramadan Offensive (2006)	Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq United Kingdom Denmark El Salvador	Victory

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
Battle of Turki	Islamic State of Iraq	United States	Defeat
Diyala campaign	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq Peshmerga	Defeat
Battle of Haifa Street	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Imposing Law	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States United Kingdom Iraq Poland Awakening movements in Iraq	Defeat
Operation Phantom Thunder	Islamic State of Iraq Mahdi Army Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraqi Army Revolution Brigade^[8] Awakening Movement^[9]	Defeat
Battle of Baqubah	Islamic State of Iraq	United States Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Donkey Island	Islamic State of Iraq	United States	Defeat
Operation Shurta Nasir	Islamic State of Iraq	United States Iraqi Police Forces	Defeat
Operation Phantom Strike	Islamic State of Iraq Mahdi Army ^[10] Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Phantom Phoenix	Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq Georgia United Kingdom	Indecisive
Ninawa campaign	Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq	Indecisive
2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq	Islamic State of Iraq	United States Army New Iraqi Army	Indecisive
Operation Augurs of Prosperity	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq	Defeat
Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011 – March 2012)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Al-Nusra Front^[11] Free Officers Movement (until 23 September 2011, when it joined the FSA)	Syrian Government	Victory
Siege of Homs	Syrian Opposition Free Officers Movement^{[N 1]} Free Syrian Army^{[N 2]} Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Government Hezbollah^[12] SSNP^[13] Russia^[14]	Defeat
Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign	Islamic State (IS)	Syrian Arab Republic (until 2024) Iran (2013–2024) Russia (2015–2024) Palestine Liberation Army PFLP–GC Fatah al-Intifada Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard SSNP LAAG (from 2013) Syrian Salvation Government Syrian Interim Government Southern Operations Room Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham Jaysh al-Islam	Defeat
Rif Dimashq clashes (November 2011–March 2012)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Government PFLP–GC^[15]	Defeat
Daraa Governorate campaign	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Khalid ibn al-Walid Army Wilayat Hawran	Syrian Arab Republic Iran Russia Palestine Liberation Army Hezbollah LAAG Support: Iraq Lebanon Free Syrian Army Southern Operations Room (since 2024) Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (since 2017) Al-Nusra Front (until 2017) Ahrar al-Sham Jaysh al-Islam	Defeat
Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–2014)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Islamic State of Iraq until April 2013) Supported by: al-Bakkir clan^[16] al-Okaidat clan (minority)^[16]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas (rebel claim)^[17] Supported by: Hezbollah Free Syrian Army (SNC-aligned units) Authenticity and Development Front Al-Nusra Front^[18] Ahrar al-Sham Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front Sons of Islam Movement Jaysh Ahl as-Sunna wa-l-Jama’a Jabhat al-Jihad wal-Bina' al-Islamiyya Liwa al-Fatihoun min Ard ash-Sham Supported by: al-Okaidat clan (majority)^[16]	Defeat
Battle of Taftanaz	Free Syrian Army Suqour al-Sham Liwa Dawud^[19]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Army	Defeat
2012 Aleppo Governorate clashes	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front^[20] People's Protection Units	Syrian Government	Victory
Akashat ambush	Islamic State of Iraq^[21]^[22]	Syrian Arab Republic Iraq	Victory

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
2012–2017 Lebanon–Syria border clashes	Free Syrian Army^[23] Saraya Ahl al-Sham ^[24] Al-Nusra Front^[a] Islamic State (2013–17) 313 Brigade (Syria)^[25]^[26] Jaysh al-Islam^[27] Ahrar al-Sham Al-Qaeda and allies: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (2017) ^[28]^[29] Fatah al-Islam (until 2014)^[30] Ghuraba al-Sham (until 2013) Jund al-Sham (until 2014)^[31] Abdullah Azzam Brigades^[32]^[33] Osbat al-Ansar^[34] Osbat al-Nour Sunni Resistance Committees^[35]	Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Syria Syrian Armed Forces	Defeat
Siege of Northern Homs	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant^[36] Jund al-Sham^[37]^[38] Assoud al-Islam Brigade Bayada Martyr's Brigade (Allegedly by al-Nusra) Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama’a^[39]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Military Intelligence Directorate Russia (From 2015) Syrian Social Nationalist Party Ba'ath Brigades Hezbollah Shiite Militias Northern Homs Countryside Operation Room (2015–2018) Ahrar al-Sham Tahrir al-Sham (2017–2018, Al-Nusra Front until 2016)^[40] Sham Legion Jaysh al-Izza Homs Legion Ajnad al-Homs 313 Badr Brigade Free Syrian Army Jaysh al-Nasr Harakat al-Fedayeen (From 2015) Central Region Command National Liberation Movement Bani Khalid Tribesmen^[41] Authenticity and Development Front Tawhid Army Houla Operations Room (From 2015) Liwa Ahfad Othman Brigade 313 – Free Men of Aqrab Ansar al-Khilafah (From 2013)^[42] Jaysh al-Thuwar (2015)^[43]^[44] Hazzm Movement (2014)	Defeat
Idlib Governorate clashes (June 2012 – April 2013)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Syrian Turkmen Brigades Al-Nusra Front^[11] Ahrar al-Sham Liwaa al-Umma	Syrian Government	Stalemate
Battle of Damascus (2012)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Government	Defeat
Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)	Fatah Halab (2015–2016)^[45] Jaysh Halab (December 2016) Army of Conquest (since mid-2016) Ansar al-Sharia (2015–2016)^[46] Free Syrian Army Islamic State	Ba'athist Syria Iran (from 2013) Russia (from September 2015) Allied militias: Liwa al-Quds(from 2013) Hezbollah^[47] (from 2013) Iraqi Shia militias^[48] (from 2013) Liwa Fatemiyoun^[49] Liwa Zainebiyoun Ba'ath Brigades^[49]^[50] SSNP^[49] (from 2013) Syrian Resistance^[51] YPG^[a] YPJ Army of Revolutionaries	Defeat
Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa	Free Syrian Army^[52]^[53] Islamic Front^[53] Al-Nusra Front^[53] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant^[54]	Ba'athist Syria Iran Russia (from late 2015) Allied militias: Hezbollah Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba	Defeat
Al-Hasakah Governorate campaign (2012–2014)	Al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Al-Nusra Front Ghuraba al-Sham Ahrar al-Sham Free Syrian Army^[a] Syrian Revolution General Commission	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Sootoro Kurdish Supreme Committee People's Protection Units Women's Protection Units Syriac Union Party Syriac Military Council Sutoro Army of Dignity Kurdistan Workers' Party	Indecisive
Raqqa campaign (2012–2013)	Syrian Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front Islamic Unity and Liberation Front (JWTI)^[56]^[57] Free Syrian Army Supported by: Qatar Turkey (border clashes)	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces	Victory
Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2012)	Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Armed Forces	Victory
Siege of Menagh Air Base	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Al-Nusra Front^[58] Islamic State Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (JAMWA)^[59]	Syrian Government	Victory
Rif Dimashq offensive (August–October 2012)	Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army Ahrar ash-Sham^[60] Al-Nusra Front^[60]	Syrian government	Defeat
Siege of Wadi Deif (2012–2013)	Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Armed Forces	Victory
Quneitra Governorate clashes (2012–2014)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Alwiya al-Furqan^[61] Al-Nusra Front Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis^[62] Ajnad al-Kavkaz (2014) Ahrar al-Sharkas (Became Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz)^[63] Jamaat Jund al-Qawqaz^[63]	Syrian Government Arab Tawhid Party^[64] UNDOF	Victory
Rif Dimashq offensive (November 2012–February 2013)	Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army Liwa al-Islam Al-Nusra Front^[65] Ahrar al-Sham	Syrian government PFLP–GC^[66] Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas	Victory
Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13)	Revolutionary Military Council of Hasaka Free Syrian Army^[67] Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades^[68] al-Nusra Front Ghuraba al-Sham^[68] Supported by: Turkey^[69]	Rojava (under the DBK) YPG YPJ (third phase)^[70] Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces	Defeat
Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat	Free Syrian Army Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union ^[71] Al-Nusra Front Supported by: CIA (Military Operations Centre)^[72]^[73]	Syrian Government Allied militias: Hezbollah^[74] Arab Nationalist Guard^[75] Palestine Liberation Army^[76]	Defeat
Battle of Darayya (November 2012–February 2013)	National Coalition Free Syrian Army Mujahideen Ahrar ash-Sham Jabhat al-Nusra^[65]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Armed Forces	Victory
Battle of Safira	Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Armed Forces	Indecisive
Damascus offensive (2013)	Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front^[77]	Syrian government Hezbollah PFLP–GC^[78] Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas	Victory
Battle of Shaddadi (2013)	Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Armed Forces	Victory
Battle of Raqqa (2013)	Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Front Ahrar ash-Sham Ansar al-Sham Al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front^[79]^[80]	Syrian Government	Victory
Rif Dimashq offensive (March–August 2013)	Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Liwa al-Islam Syrian Islamic Front^[81] Ahrar ash-Sham Battalions of Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib Al-Nusra Front^[65] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant^[82]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas^[83] LAAG^[84]	Defeat
Siege of Eastern Ghouta	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2013 – July 2014)^[82] Ansar al-Sharia (Allegedly, by al-Nusra)^[85]	Free Syrian Army Jaysh al-Islam Ahrar al-Sham Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Jaysh al-Ummah (from 2014) Syrian Government Iran Allied militias: Hezbollah Palestinian Syrian militias LAAG Arab Nationalist Guard Liwa Fatemiyoun^[86] Lions of Hussein^[87]	Defeat
Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham Al-Sakhana Brigades	Kurdish Front Sheikh Ayoub Battalion Democratic Union Party People's Protection Units Women's Protection Units	Victory
2013 Latakia offensive	Al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Al-Nusra Front^[88] Free Syrian Army^[88] Syrian Turkmen Brigades^{[citation needed]} Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades^{[citation needed]} Syrian Islamic Front Ahrar ash-Sham Ansar al-Sham Junud al-Sham^[89] Harakat Sham al-Islam^[90]	Syrian Arab Republic	Defeat
Battle of al-Yaarubiyah	Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ansar al-Khilafah Liwa al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Ahrar al-Sham Tawhid and Punishment Battalions and Brigades^[91] Kurdish Islamic Front Saladin al-Din Brigades^[91] Azadî Battalions^[91]	Kurdish Supreme Committee Democratic Union Party (PYD) YPG YPJ Shammar tribe^[92] Non-combat support: Local Arab tribes^[93] Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Sadad	Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Free Syrian Army	Syrian Government Syrian Social Nationalist Party	Defeat
Battle of Qalamoun	Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Green Battalion Free Syrian Army Islamic Front	Syrian Government Allied militias: Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard	Defeat
Akashat ambush	Islamic State of Iraq^[21]^[22]	Syrian Arab Republic Iraq	Victory
2013 Hawija clashes	Naqshbandi Army Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Iraqi Government Kurdistan Region	Indecisive
Operation al-Shabah	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Al-Nusra Front	Iraqi Government Iraqi Army Iraqi Air Force Iraqi Police	Indecisive
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement Islamic State	Syrian Government Hezbollah^[94]	Defeat
Battle of Touayel	ISIS	Tunisia	Defeat
Battle of Tell Hamis and Tell Brak (December 2013–January 2014)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Al-Nusra Front^[95]^[96] Islamic Front^[97] Ahrar al-Sham Jaysh al-Islam Free Syrian Army (pro-rebel claim)^[97]	Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM) Democratic Union Party (PYD) People's Protection Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Syriac Union Party Syriac Military Council (MFS)	Victory
Fall of Fallujah	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Military of ISIL	Republic of Iraq Iraqi Armed Forces Iraqi Police	Victory
Anbar campaign (2013–14)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Military Council of Anbar's Revolutionaries^[98] Naqshbandi Army^[99] General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries Anbar Tribal Council Army of Pride and Dignity^[100]	Government of Iraq Iraqi military ISOF Iraqi Police Shia Muslim Militias Awakening Councils Pro-government tribes Ba'athist Syria Supported by: Iran United States	Victory
Siege of Kuweires Airbase (2012–15)	Islamic State	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defence Forces Iran IRGC Quds Force IRGC Ground Forces Hezbollah^[101] Ba'ath Brigades Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba^[102]^[103] Air strikes: Russia Aerospace Forces^[104]	Defeat
Northern Aleppo offensive (February–July 2014)	Islamic State	Free Syrian Army Northern Storm Brigade^[105] Conquest Brigade Free Syria Operations Room Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front	Defeat
Battle of Markada	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Barakah Province^[106] Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi	al-Nusra Front	Victory
Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014)	Islamic State	Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Army of Mujahedeen Syrian Revolutionaries Front Liwa al-Qadisiyah Liwa 'Umar al-Mukhtar	Victory
Battle of Benghazi (2014)	Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries ISIL linked Factions Youth Shura Council Derna Ansar al sharia brigades Jund al-Khilafah	Libyan National Army	Victory
Qalamoun offensive (June–August 2014)	Islamic Front Free Syrian Army Islamic State Al-Nusra Front	Syria Lebanon Hezbollah	Inconclusive
Battle of Arsal	Al-Nusra Front Islamic State	Lebanon Hezbollah Syrian Arab Republic	Defeat
First Battle of the Shaer gas field	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Arab Republic	Both sides claim victory
2014 Eastern Syria offensive	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Army Syrian Air Force National Defence Forces Rojava People's Protection Units Syriac Military Council^[107] (MFS)	Victory
Battle for Tabqa Air base	Islamic State	Syrian Arab Republic	Victory
Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Naqshbandi Army^[108]^[109] GMCIR^[110]^[111]^[112]	Republic of Iraq Security forces Iraqi Volunteer Forces Shi'ite private militias^[113]^[114] Mahdi Army Syriac Military Council^[115] Qaraqosh Protection Committee^[116] Nineveh Plain Protection Units^[117] Syria (limited involvement) Syrian Air Force^[118] Iran^[119] Supported by: United States^[120]^[121] Russia^[122] Kurdistan Region Peshmerga^[123] Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)	Victory
Fall of Mosul	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Iraq	Victory
Fall of Baiji	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Iraq	Victory
Siege of Amirli	Islamic State Wilayah Salah-Al-Din	Iraq Iraqi Army Iraqi Turkmen Front^[124] Iran^[125] IRGC Quds Force Special Groups^[126] Promised Day Brigades Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Kata'ib Hezbollah Badr Brigades 16th Turkmen Brigade^[127] Kurdistan Region Peshmerga^[128] Air support: United States^[129] Iran^[130] Aid support: United States United Kingdom France Australia	Defeat
Battle of Al-Hasakah (June–September 2014)	ISIL	YPG Syria	Defeat
Battle of Kirkuk (2014)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Kurdistan Region Peshmerga CJTF–OIR	Defeat
First Battle of Tikrit	Islamic State^[131] Ansar al-Islam^[132] Islamic Army in Iraq^[133] Hamas of Iraq^[134] Iraqi Ba'ath Party Loyalists^[135]^[136]^[137] Naqshbandi Army^[138] General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries^[132]^[139] Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation	Iraq Security forces Shi'ite private militias^[113]^[114] United States^[140]	Victory
Siege of Tikrit (July 2014)	ISIL	Iraq Iran	Victory

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