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US-led coalition begins strikes in Syria

September 2014Key event

MilitaryDiplomaticISIS remnants and the central desert

The United States and coalition partners extend the air campaign against ISIS into Syria, beginning a military involvement that would run through the SDF partnership, several thousand ground troops at its height, and a full withdrawal only in April 2026.

Why it mattersThe coalition campaign decided the caliphate's fate and anchored the northeast's autonomy — a decade of US presence whose end in 2026 removed the external guarantee the integration agreement partially replaces.

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Anti-ISISAir campaign and the partnership at Kobani

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United States in Syria

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