Not a civil war, but war against ISIS. Everyone was involved. Wiki: As of December 2017, ISIL was estimated to control no territory in Iraq, and 5% of Syrian territory, after prolonged actions.[114] On 9 December 2017, Iraq declared victory in the fight against ISIL and stated that the War in Iraq was over.[115][116] On 23 March 2019, ISIL was defeated territorially in Syria after losing the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, after which the group was forced into an insurgency.[117] ISIL’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, died during a US special operations raid in northern Syria in October 2019[118] and was succeeded by Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. The United Nations estimated in August 2020 that over 10,000 ISIL fighters remained in Syria and Iraq, mainly as sleeper cells.
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Not a civil war, but war against ISIS. Everyone was involved. Wiki: As of December 2017, ISIL was estimated to control no territory in Iraq, and 5% of Syrian territory, after prolonged actions.[114] On 9 December 2017, Iraq declared victory in the fight against ISIL and stated that the War in Iraq was over.[115][116] On 23 March 2019, ISIL was defeated territorially in Syria after losing the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, after which the group was forced into an insurgency.[117] ISIL’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, died during a US special operations raid in northern Syria in October 2019[118] and was succeeded by Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. The United Nations estimated in August 2020 that over 10,000 ISIL fighters remained in Syria and Iraq, mainly as sleeper cells.