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.
Date	22 September 2014 – 31 July 2018; (3 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	Iraq, Syria
Status	Jordanian and Emirati Airstrikes on ISIL in Iraq and Syria; Muath al-Kasasbeh executed; Ended after Syrian Army's 2018 Southern Syria offensive and defeat of ISIL in Southern Syria.;
Belligerents
Jordan; United Arab Emirates	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Abdullah II; Abdullah Ensour; Hani Mulki; Omar Razzaz; Bisher Al-Khasawneh; Mashal Al-Zaben; Mahmoud Freihat; Yousef Huneiti; Khalifa Al Nahyan; Mohammed Al Nahyan; 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 †; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi †; Abu Ali al-Anbari †; Abu Suleiman al-Naser †; Abu Omar al-Shishani †; Abu Waheeb †
Strength
Jordanian Forces: 20+ F-16s; Emirati Forces: 4 F-16s;	Up to 200,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria
Casualties and losses
1 serviceman executed; 1 F-16 fighter plane crashed; 4 Jordanian border guards and 2 Civil Defence and Public Security Directorate officers Killed (ISIS claimed suicide attack);	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, and Jordan has continued to support rebel groups in Syria and host military activities of other countries.

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