<Li> ^ Direct U.S. involvement ended in 1973 with the Paris Peace Accords . Air Force and Special Ops continued some operations until April 1975; President Ford in a televised speech on April 23, 1975 declared the end of Vietnam War . </Li> <Li> ^ The war reignited on 13 December 1974 with offensive operations by North Vietnam, leading to victory over South Vietnam in under two months . </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Conflict </Th> <Th> Combatant 1 </Th> <Th> Combatant 2 </Th> <Th> Result for the United States and / or its Allies </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War in Afghanistan (2001--present) Part of the War on Terror <P> Location: Afghanistan </P> 101st Airborne Division firefight in Kunar Province </Td> <Td> Resolute Support Mission Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Australia Croatia Czech Republic Georgia Germany Italy Romania Spain Turkey Formerly: ISAF </Td> <Td> Taliban <Ul> <Li> Islamic Jihad Union </Li> <Li> Haqqani network </Li> </Ul> <P> Allied groups HIG al - Qaeda IJU </P> <Ul> <Li> IMU </Li> </Ul> <P> Taliban splinter groups </P> <Ul> <Li> Fidai Mahaz </Li> </Ul> IS - Affiliates: <Ul> <Li> Wilayat Khorasan (ISIL - K) </Li> </Ul> <P> 2001 invasion: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan </P> <Ul> <Li> Talibani Army </Li> <Li> Salafist extremists </Li> <Li> 055 Brigade </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Ongoing <Ul> <Li> American - led coalition invasion and occupation of Afghanistan </Li> <Li> Destruction of al - Qaeda training camps </Li> <Li> Fall of the Taliban government </Li> <Li> Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration </Li> <Li> Start of Taliban insurgency </Li> <Li> Osama bin Laden killed by US Navy SEALs inside his compound in a raid in Pakistan </Li> <Li> NATO implements a support mission </Li> <Li> Escape of Ayman al - Zawahiri </Li> <Li> Withdrawal halted and prolonged presence in region set in place </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Iraq War (2003--2011) Part of the Iraqi Insurgency and War on Terror <P> Location: Iraq </P> M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks in Baghdad during the Occupation of Iraq </Td> <Td> United States Iraq United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia New Zealand Denmark Georgia Azerbaijan Ukraine Estonia Netherlands Portugal Spain MNF--I </Td> <Td> Ba'ath Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al - Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army Special Groups IAI Ansar al - Sunnah <P> Ba'athist Iraq </P> </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Invasion and occupation of Iraq </Li> <Li> Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein </Li> <Li> Iraqi insurgency, emergence of al - Qaeda in Iraq, and Sectarian Violence and another civil war </Li> <Li> Subsequent reduction in violence and depletion of al - Qaeda in Iraq </Li> <Li> Establishment of democratic elections and formation of new democratic government </Li> <Li> U.S.--Iraq Status of Forces Agreement </Li> <Li> Withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011 </Li> <Li> Stronger Iranian influence in Iraq </Li> <Li> Escalation of sectarian insurgency after U.S. withdrawal leading to the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the successor of al - Qaeda in Iraq </Li> <Li> Iraqi Civil War (2014 - 2017) </Li> <Li> Return of US forces to Iraq in 2014 to combat ISIL </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> War in North - West Pakistan (2004--present) Part of the War on Terror <P> Location: Pakistan </P> Airstrike on the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan . </Td> <Td> Pakistan <P> United States United Kingdom </P> </Td> <Td> Tehrik - i - Taliban Pakistan al - Qaeda Lashkar - e-Jhangvi Turkistan Islamic Party Tehreek - e-Nafaz - e-Shariat - e-Mohammadi <P> Islamic State of Iraq and Syria </P> <Ul> <Li> Khorasan </Li> <Li> Jundallah </Li> <Li> Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan </Li> <Li> Jamaat - ul - Ahrar </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Ongoing <Ul> <Li> On going insurgency in the Northern tribal regions of Pakistan as well as in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa </Li> <Li> Ongoing drone attacks by the United States </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Somali Civil War (2009--present) <P> Location: Somalia and North Eastern Kenya </P> Marine unit preparing to land abroad a US vessel near the Somali coast . </Td> <Td> Somalia United States United Kingdom AMISOM Kenya </Td> <Td> Al - Shabaab Hizbul Islam <P> Islamic State in Somalia Supported by: Eritrea </P> </Td> <Td> Ongoing <Ul> <Li> Newly formed federal government established in 2012 </Li> <Li> Merger and split between / of Hizbul Islam and Al - Shabaab forces </Li> <Li> Power struggle within Al - Shabaab between moderate factions and pro-al - Qaeda members </Li> <Li> Continued insurgency </Li> <Li> Expanded American military operations </Li> <Li> Continued drone strikes and raids by Special Forces </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Operation Ocean Shield (2009--2016) Part of the OEF--Horn of Africa <P> Location: Indian Ocean </P> A tall plume of black smoke rises from a destroyed pirate vessel that was struck by the USS Farragut in March 2010 . </Td> <Td> NATO United States United Kingdom Denmark Netherlands Spain Greece Germany Belgium Canada Italy Portugal Turkey Norway </Td> <Td> Somali Pirates </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Number of pirate attacks have decreased dramatically since the start of such operations, however attacks still occur near the coast waters of Oman, Yemen, Kenya, and Somalia </Li> <Li> The US Office of Naval Intelligence have officially reported that in 2013, only 9 incidents of piracy were reported and that neither of them were successfully hijacked </Li> <Li> Piracy drops 90% </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Libyan Civil War (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis <P> Location: Libya </P> US vessels launch missiles in support of the Libyan Civil War . </Td> <Td> States enforcing UNSC Resolution 1973: <P> United States United Kingdom Belgium Bulgaria Canada Denmark France Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Romania Spain Turkey Sweden Jordan Qatar United Arab Emirates </P> </Td> <Td> Libya </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Overthrow of Gaddafi government and Death of Muammar Gaddafi </Li> <Li> Assumption of interim control by National Transitional Council (NTC) </Li> <Li> Diplomatic recognition of NTC as sole governing authority for Libya by 105 countries, UN, EU, AL and AU </Li> <Li> Post-civil war violence in Libya, leading to the ongoing civil war in 2014 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American - led Intervention in Iraq (2014--2017) Part of the Iraqi Civil War, Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, and War on ISIS <P> Location: Iraq </P> A Royal Danish Air Force F - 16, October 2016 </Td> <Td> United States Iraq Kurdistan Australia Belgium Canada Denmark France Germany Jordan Morocco Netherlands United Kingdom Turkey <P> Iran Hezbollah </P> </Td> <Td> Islamic State of Iraq and Syria </Td> <Td> Victory <Ul> <Li> Over 10,000 American airstrikes conducted in Iraq since 2014 </Li> <Li> Heavy damaged caused to ISIS forces resulting in loses of about 40% of its held territory by 2016, and by December 2017, its remaining strongholds were destroyed leaving small pockets of fleers . </Li> <Li> Multinational humanitarian support to civilians and arming of local ground troops and militias </Li> <Li> Advising and training of Iraqi forces </Li> <Li> Massive numbers of war crimes committed by ISIS including ethnic cleansing, murder, rape, and enslavement . Additionally there are reports of organ trafficking </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American intervention in Syria (2014--present) Part of the Syrian Civil War and War on ISIS <P> Location: Syria </P> Aleppo, Karm al Jabal neighborhood, 2013 </Td> <Td> United States Australia Denmark Netherlands France Germany Jordan United Kingdom Canada Bahrain Belgium Saudi Arabia Qatar Morocco Turkey United Arab Emirates <P> Syrian Democratic Forces Free Syrian Army (2011 - 2017) </P> <P> Israel (only against Hezbollah) </P> </Td> <Td> Islamic State of Iraq and Syria <P> al - Qaeda al - Nusra Front Khorasan group Tahrir al - Sham Jaysh al - Sunna Jund al - Aqsa Ahrar al - Sham </P> Partial Support: Saudi Arabia Bahrain Qatar Syria Supported by: Russia Iran Hezbollah China </Td> <Td> Ongoing <Ul> <Li> Over 11,200 American and allied airstrikes hit ISIS and other extremist groups within Syria </Li> <Li> Thousands of ISIS targets destroyed / militants killed </Li> <Li> Chemical attack in Ghouta results in thousands of casualties, the perpetrators is still yet to be officially determined; While Russia and the Syrian government claim it was initiated by rebels, Western powers blame Bashar al - Assad's forces for the attack </Li> <Li> U.S and allies provide support to the Kurdish - led Syrian Democratic Forces </Li> <Li> US rebel training program ongoing </Li> <Li> Deployment of US marines and special forces </Li> <Li> In the response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack, president Donald Trump ordered the launch of 60 tomahawk cruise missiles against the Shayrat airbase which was believed to have been the base that initiated the chemical attack </Li> <Li> Various attacks against the Syrian government for retaliation or for breaches in de-confliction zones . </Li> <Li> Syrian SU - 17 shot down by American FA - 18 after it was reported that it conducted airstrikes on Syrian Democratic Forces; this marked the first time in 18 years that the US engaged in an air - to - air combat </Li> <Li> Skirmishes and encounters between Syrian and Israeli armed forces </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yemeni Civil War (2015--present) <P> Location: Yemen </P> Yemeni capital Sanaa after airstrikes, 9 October 2015 . </Td> <Td> Hadi Loyalists Saudi - led Coalition: Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Bahrain Kuwait Egypt Jordan Morocco Senegal Sudan United States United Kingdom Supported by: Canada Australia Turkey China Germany France </Td> <Td> Supreme Political Council Houthis Ahrar al - Najran Supported by: Iran Hezbollah Qatar North Korea <P> Ansar al - Sharia AQAP </P> <P> Wilayah al - Yaman </P> </Td> <Td> Ongoing <Ul> <Li> Yemen's capital city of Sana'a falls under Houthi control </Li> <Li> Saudi Arabia and its coalition begin to bomb Houthi rebel positions </Li> <Li> Aden becomes the new capital for the Hadi loyalist government </Li> <Li> Yemen experiences a cholera outbreak in 2016 </Li> <Li> Former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed in fire fight by a sniper during the ongoing battle in Sana'a </Li> <Li> The United States and the CIA continue its targeted killing program against radical groups in the region </Li> <Li> US Naval blockade in place against Iranian vessels trying to move weapons into Houthi territory </Li> <Li> 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis leads to restoring full diplomatic relations with Iran </Li> <Li> Several raids against al - Qaeda initiated by US Special Forces </Li> <Li> Famine caused by war is affecting over 17 million people leaving 50,000 children to be a risk of dying in 2017 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> American intervention in Libya (2016--present) Part of the Second Libyan Civil War <P> Location: Libya </P> Harrier Jump Jet prepares for takeoff to Sirte, Libya . </Td> <Td> United States Libya </Td> <Td> Islamic State in Libya <Ul> <Li> Wilayat Tripolitania </Li> <Li> Wilayah Barqah </Li> <Li> Wilayah al - Fizan </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Ongoing <Ul> <Li> American air strikes and drone operations help liberate the city of Sirte from ISIS affiliated forces </Li> <Li> About 500 airstrikes carried in Libya </Li> <Li> Continued civil war </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Conflict </Th> <Th> Combatant 1 </Th> <Th> Combatant 2 </Th> <Th> Result for the United States and / or its Allies </Th> </Tr>

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