The Eastern Syria insurgency is an armed insurgency being waged by remnants of the Islamic State and both pro- and anti-Ba'athist Syria Arab nationalist insurgents, against the Autonomous Administrati
U.S. M-ATVs patrolling the Manbij countryside, 14 July 2018
A U.S. patrol accompanied by M2A2 Bradley vehicles in eastern Syria, 10 November 2019
U.S. soldiers guard a refinery in northeastern Syria, 16 December 2020
SDF training facility visited by U.S. soldiers during the insurgency, 22 April 2021
The Battle of Baghuz Fawqani was an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces, assisted by Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve coalition airstrikes, artillery, and special forces pe
French and American soldiers in support of the CJTF-OIR in Iraq, March 2019. Coalition forces supported SDF advances with airstrikes and cross-border artillery fires from Iraq
The southwestern cliffs of Jabal Baghuz ("Baghuz Cliff") in 2014. Many IS fighters and their families hid in deep tunnels and caves along the cliff side. Access points were targeted by airstrikes in the last days of the battle