German intervention against the Islamic State

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (October 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Bundeswehreinsatz in Syrien]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Bundeswehreinsatz in Syrien}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

German intervention against the Islamic State
Part of the international military intervention against ISIL, the Operation Inherent Resolve and War on Terror
German Air Force Panavia Tornado flying in support of CJTF–OIR
Date 4 December 2015 – 31 January 2022 (6 years, 1 month, 3 weeks and 6 days) Location Iraq, Syria Status Operations in Syria concluded in January 2022
Belligerents
Germany Supported by:  United States  France	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Olaf Scholz (2021–2022) Angela Merkel (2015–2021) Robert Habeck (2021–2022) Sigmar Gabriel (2015–2018) Ursula von der Leyen (2015–2018) Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (2019–2021) Christine Lambrecht (2021–2022) Volker Wieker (2015–2018) Eberhard Zorn (2018–2022) Air commander: Andreas Schick (December 2015 – May 2016) Holger Radmann (May 2016 – ) Naval commander Jörg Mascow (2016)	Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Leader of IS) Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi † Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi † Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †[1] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi †[2] Abu Ali al-Anbari †[3] Abu Suleiman al-Naser † Abu Omar al-Shishani † Abu Waheeb †
Units involved
German Air Force Tactical Air Force Wing 33 Tactical Air Force Wing 51  German Navy	Military of IS
Strength
1,200 troops 6 Tornado IDS/ECR (until March 2020) 1 A310 MRTT (until September 2019) 1 A400M 1 Bremen-class frigate (until November 2016)	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed (in Iraq)	450+ killed

The German intervention against the Islamic State (codenamed Operation Counter Daesh)^[4] was authorized on 4 December 2015. The involvement of the country in the Syrian Civil War and the War in Iraq (2013–2017) began with the Bundeswehr mission in Syria and Iraq to combat the terrorist organization Islamic State. The mission was primarily created as a reaction to the November 2015 Paris attacks.^[4]