Conflict catalog
2014 War Against the Islamic State: Weapons and Equipment
International and local campaigns against Islamic State forces in Iraq, Syria, and related theaters.
The 2014 War Against the Islamic State covers the multinational campaign and local partner-force offensives that pushed ISIS from major territorial control in Iraq and Syria, including the U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve command structure, followed by continuing advise, enable, precision-strike, and force-posture transitions against insurgent cells and support networks.
This catalog tracks sourced weapons and equipment used by coalition, partner, and Islamic State forces in campaigns against the Islamic State.
Operation Inherent Resolve is treated here as the named U.S.-led coalition operation inside the broader war, not as a separate countable conflict.
Entries focus on directly documented systems rather than broad counterterrorism activity or unsourced service history.
135 weapon systemsConflict Actors
Anti-ISIS coalition and partner forces / Islamic State
Islamic State
31 weapon systems in this catalog
Context
- Status
- Published catalog
- Location
- Iraq and Syria, centered on the Tigris-Euphrates corridor
- Countries
- Iraq, Syria
- Regions
- Mosul and the Nineveh Plains, Anbar and western Iraq, Raqqa and northern Syria, Middle Euphrates River Valley
- Domains
- land, air, missile strikes, UAV, insurgency, electronic warfare
The catalog for this conflict is weighted toward coalition-enabled ground campaigns, airpower, remotely piloted aircraft, electronic attack, precision-guided munitions, artillery fires, protected mobility, and partner-force train-and-equip programs because those roles are best documented in official releases and imagery. Islamic State equipment is included only when a source directly identifies the system or weapon family in the campaign, so the catalog should not be read as a complete inventory of captured, improvised, or locally modified materiel.
Map
Iraq and Syria, centered on the Tigris-Euphrates corridor
Map data from OpenStreetMap contributors.
Timeline
Key Events
ISIS takes Mosul
ISIS captured Mosul during its rapid 2014 expansion in Iraq, giving the group a major urban base and large quantities of captured equipment.
Sources: CJTF-OIR History, Long War Journal Mosul Capture
U.S. airstrikes begin in Iraq
U.S. operations against ISIS began with targeted airstrikes in Iraq, later retroactively folded into 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve.
Sources: CENTCOM 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve Designation
Air campaign expands into Syria
U.S. and partner aircraft and cruise missiles struck ISIS targets in Syria around Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, Hasakah, and Abu Kamal.
Sources: CENTCOM Syria Airstrikes
CJTF-OIR is established
The Department of Defense established Combined Joint Task Force - 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve to command the defeat-ISIS campaign in Iraq and Syria.
Sources: CJTF-OIR History
Mosul is liberated
Iraqi forces, backed by the coalition, declared victory in Mosul, removing one of ISIS's two principal urban centers.
Sources: DoD Mosul Liberation
Raqqa is liberated
The Syrian Democratic Forces announced Raqqa's liberation from ISIS occupation after coalition-supported urban fighting.
Sources: CENTCOM Raqqah Liberation
Territorial caliphate collapses
The United States and coalition partners announced that ISIS-controlled territory in Iraq and Syria had been liberated, while warning that the group remained a threat.
Sources: White House ISIS Territory Statement, CJTF-OIR History
Iraq mission shifts toward advising
Task Force Iraq transitioned to a Military Advisor Group as the coalition adjusted from territorial combat toward support for Iraqi defeat-ISIS operations.
Sources: CJTF-OIR History
Coalition combat role in Iraq ends
CJTF-OIR announced that its Iraq mission had transitioned to a non-combat advise, assist, and enable role at the invitation of the Iraqi government.
Sources: CENTCOM Iraq Combat Role Complete
Iraq transition plan announced
U.S. and Iraqi officials described a two-phase transition for CJTF-OIR operations in Iraq, with continuing support for counter-ISIS operations in Syria during the second phase.
Sources: DOD OIR Transition
U.S. forces depart al-Tanf
CENTCOM said U.S. forces completed an orderly departure from al-Tanf Garrison as part of a conditions-based CJTF-OIR transition in Syria while maintaining pressure on ISIS remnants.
Sources: CENTCOM al-Tanf Departure
Phases
ISIS expansion and emergency intervention
ISIS's 2014 expansion brought Mosul, Tikrit, and other areas under its control, prompting U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria and the creation of a dedicated coalition command.
Degrade and partner-force buildup
Coalition operations focused on blunting ISIS advances, striking targets across Iraq and Syria, and building Iraqi and Syrian partner-force capacity.
Counterattack and urban liberation
Iraqi forces, the Syrian Democratic Forces, Kurdish forces, and coalition enablers fought through major urban and Euphrates Valley campaigns, including Mosul, Raqqa, Hajin, and Baghuz.
Stabilization and insurgency containment
After ISIS lost territorial control, coalition activity shifted toward advising, intelligence, reconnaissance, logistics, partner-force support, counter-ISIS raids and strikes, base transfers, the non-combat Iraq mission, and later force-posture transitions in Iraq and Syria.
External Support
Outside support was central to the campaign: the Global Coalition brought 90 members to military, stabilization, finance-disruption, foreign-fighter, and propaganda-countering lines of effort, while CJTF-OIR organized the U.S.-led military campaign in Iraq and Syria. Official mission material says the coalition trained, equipped, and mentored more than 240,000 Iraqi security personnel, used the Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund, and supported Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish Security Forces, and partners in Syria with advising, intelligence, air support, fires, equipment, weapons, ammunition, reconnaissance, and logistics. Later U.S.-Iraq transition announcements shifted the Iraq mission toward bilateral security cooperation while preserving support for counter-ISIS operations in Syria.
Images
Weapons
2014 War Against the Islamic State Weapon Systems
Role
Frontline Assault
Used directly in attacks, advances, raids, or offensive ground operations.
Role
Fire Support
Provided supporting fire for troops, vehicles, or maneuver units.
18 remaining
Role
Long-Range Strike
Attacked targets far behind the front line, such as bases, depots, headquarters, or infrastructure.
6 remaining
Role
Interdiction
Disrupted enemy movement, reinforcements, logistics, supply routes, or staging areas.
8 remaining
Role
Anti-Armor
Used primarily against tanks, armored vehicles, or mechanized forces.
Role
Air Defense
Used to detect, deter, or destroy aircraft, helicopters, drones, or missiles.
Role
Reconnaissance & Surveillance
Used to observe, locate, track, or monitor enemy forces.
2 remaining
Role
Targeting Support
Helped identify, designate, or correct fire against targets for other weapons.
Role
Electronic Warfare
Used to jam, spoof, intercept, disrupt, or protect electronic signals and communications.
Role
Command, Control & Communications
Provided command-and-control connectivity, communications relay, data exchange, or battlefield network support.
Role
Mobility & Logistics
Supported transport, supply, repair, evacuation, fuel, ammunition, or movement across terrain.
Role
Captured, Seized & Recovered
Captured, recovered, seized, interdicted, or otherwise documented as conflict materiel, especially where operational use is uncertain.
5 remaining
Role
Force Protection
Protected troops, vehicles, bases, convoys, ships, or infrastructure from attack.
Role
Psychological Impact
Affected morale, fear, public perception, propaganda, or symbolic meaning.
Role
Asymmetric Advantage
Helped a weaker or less conventional force offset a stronger opponent.
Role
Insurgent / Guerrilla Use
Used by irregular forces for ambushes, raids, harassment, or resistance warfare.
4 remaining
Role
Training & Foreign Aid
Supplied mainly to train, equip, or support an allied or proxy force.
Conflict Sources
Official coalition and U.S. government sources are strong for campaign chronology, partner-force support, OIR transition milestones, and public-domain imagery, but they tend to foreground coalition activity and are less complete for Islamic State equipment inventories or independent civilian-harm assessment. Catalog entries still require direct system-level sourcing, especially for Islamic State captured or improvised equipment.
- CJTF-OIR HistoryPublisher: Combined Joint Task Force - 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve | Note: Supports the conflict overview, location focus, establishment of CJTF-OIR, campaign progression, territorial defeat milestone, and post-2019 transition. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Long War Journal Mosul CapturePublisher: FDD's Long War Journal | Note: Supports the June 10, 2014 Mosul capture date and ISIS control of Iraq's second-largest city. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CJTF-OIR MissionPublisher: Combined Joint Task Force - 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve | Note: Supports current mission framing, partner-force support, training totals, Iraq and Syria focus, and continuing threat language. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CJTF-OIR CampaignPublisher: Combined Joint Task Force - 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve | Note: Supports phase structure, coalition lines of effort, strikes, train-equip-advise activity, and support-stabilization framing. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CENTCOM 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve DesignationPublisher: U.S. Central Command | Note: Supports the August 8, 2014 start of U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and the retroactive designation of 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CENTCOM Syria AirstrikesPublisher: U.S. Central Command | Note: Supports the September 2014 expansion of strikes into Syria and the use of fighter, bomber, remotely piloted aircraft, and Tomahawk missiles. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- DoD Mosul LiberationPublisher: U.S. Department of Defense | Note: Supports the July 2017 liberation of Mosul by Iraqi forces with coalition backing. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CENTCOM Raqqah LiberationPublisher: U.S. Central Command | Note: Supports the October 2017 liberation of Raqqah by Syrian Democratic Forces with coalition support. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- White House ISIS Territory StatementPublisher: White House Archives | Note: Supports the March 2019 announcement that ISIS-controlled territory in Iraq and Syria had been liberated and that vigilance against ISIS continued. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Global Coalition MissionPublisher: The Global Coalition Against Daesh | Note: Supports the external-support summary, 90-member coalition framing, stabilization work, and non-military lines of effort. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- DoD Partner Force SupportPublisher: U.S. Department of Defense | Note: Supports partner-force training and equipment context, including Humvees, support vehicles, weapons, ammunition, fires, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Task Force Wagram DissolutionPublisher: 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve | Note: Supports CAESAR artillery context from Mosul to Baghouz and French Task Force Wagram's coalition fire-support role. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CTS Urban Training ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page; identifies a U.S. Army public-domain photograph by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Mosul Paratrooper ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page; identifies a U.S. Army public-domain photograph by Cpl. Rachel Diehm. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- French CAESAR Iraq ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page; identifies a U.S. Army public-domain photograph by Sgt. 1st Class Mikki Sprenkle. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- DOD Raqqa LiberationPublisher: U.S. Department of Defense | Note: Defense Department report on the SDF liberation of Raqqa and coalition support roles. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CENTCOM 2019 GainsPublisher: U.S. Central Command | Note: CENTCOM review supporting territorial defeat, liberated area, partner-force support, and residual ISIS network context. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CENTCOM Iraq Combat Role CompletePublisher: U.S. Central Command | Note: Official December 2021 announcement that CJTF-OIR's Iraq role had transitioned to a non-combat advise, assist, and enable mission. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- DOD OIR TransitionPublisher: U.S. Department of Defense | Note: Defense Department report on the 2024 two-phase transition plan for CJTF-OIR operations in Iraq and support to Syria counter-ISIS operations. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- CENTCOM al-Tanf DeparturePublisher: U.S. Central Command | Note: Official February 2026 release on the al-Tanf departure and continued counter-ISIS pressure during the CJTF-OIR transition. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- Lead IG OIR Q1 FY2025Publisher: Lead Inspector General for 2014 Operation Inherent Resolve | Note: Quarterly oversight report supporting the whole-of-government OIR framing and source-quality context for Iraq and Syria reporting. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- DVIDS Mosul ImagePublisher: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service | Note: Public-domain image source for the Mosul partner-force photograph. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
- DVIDS Firebase Saham ImagePublisher: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service | Note: Public-domain image source for the Firebase Saham artillery photograph. | Accessed: 2026-06-20
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