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After the Iran–Iraq War (the Tanker War phase) resulted in several military incidents in the Persian Gulf, the United States increased U.S. joint military forces operations in the Persian Gulf and adopted a policy of reflagging and escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf to protect them from Iraqi and Iranian attacks.
In March 2017, various media outlets reported that conventional forces from the 11th MEU, as well as special operations forces in the form of the 75th Ranger Regiment [139] deployed to Syria to support U.S.-backed forces in liberating Raqqa from IS occupation. The deployment marked an escalation in the U.S. intervention in Syria.
Formed in October 2014 by U.S. Central Command, [7] CJTF-OIR was intended to replace the ad hoc arrangements that had been established to coordinate operations against ISIL, following its rapid gains in Iraq in June. [1] [21] Its central military action, Operation Inherent Resolve, consists of campaigns in Iraq, Syria, and Libya.
"Operation Khyber 1,2,3,4 (Khyber 1,2,3,4)" (2014–2017) — Pakistani military operation in Khyber agency and surrounding areas against Taliban terrorists and their affiliates. "Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad (Operation Rejection of Strife)" (2017-2024) — Pakistani military operation against Taliban terrorists and their affiliates.
Iraq declares military victory against ISIL on December 9, 2017 [77] Low-intensity ISIL insurgency following December 2017; Multinational humanitarian and arming of ground forces efforts; 200 ISIL created mass graves found containing up to 12,000 people [78] Ongoing US-led Coalition advising and training of Iraqi and Kurdish ground forces [79]
The US missile strike on Shayrat Airbase on 7 April 2017 was the first time the US deliberately attacked Syrian government forces during the war, [165] and marked the start of a series of direct military actions by US forces against the Syrian government and its allies via airstrikes and aircraft shoot-downs, mainly in defense of either the ...
The Raid on Yakla was a joint United States/United Arab Emirates military operation carried out on January 29, 2017 in al-Ghayil, a village in the Yakla area of the Al Bayda Governorate of central Yemen, [10] [11] during the Yemeni civil war.
The 2017 Western Iraq campaign was the final major military operation of the 2013–2017 war in Iraq, in the western province of Anbar, and on the border with Syria, with the goal of completely expelling ISIL forces from their last strongholds in Iraq. [9] [10]