On 22 September 2014, the United States officially intervened in the Syrian civil war with the stated aim of fighting the Islamic State militant organization in support of the international war agains
4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment (attached to 218th MEB) at a staging area in Syria, November 2019
USS Carl Vinson and support ships deployed for combat operations in Syria and Iraq, 2014
Tomahawk missiles being fired from the warships USS Philippine Sea and USS Arleigh Burke at ISIL targets in the city of Raqqa
An F/A-18 Super Hornet taking off from USS Carl Vinson before carrying out strikes on ISIL targets in Syria
Operation Peace Spring was a joint operation by the Turkish Armed Forces and the Syrian National Army against the Syrian Democratic Forces, later involving the Syrian Arab Army, in northeastern Syria.
U.S. and Turkish troops rendezvous for a joint patrol in the Northern Syria Buffer Zone, 4 October 2019.
Ras al-Ayn bombing on 10 October 2019.
Smoke rising above Qamishli on 10 October 2019
A checkpoint, abandoned by the SDF outside of Ras al-Ayn on 11 October