c2019 Operation Inherent Resolve Combined Joint Task Force Iraq Syria Libya Counter IED ATO EOD Operators Bomb Disposal Patch Badge

c2019 patch from an Ammunition Technical Officer (ATO) IED Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) Officer - part of Op Inherent Resolve. Guy Fawke's face to centre. VGC.

American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021), American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War, and American intervention in Libya (2015–2019).

2019
Further information: Timeline of the American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War § 2019, and American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021). 2019
In early 2019, the US-led coalition focused on the final assault on ISIS in the Euphrates pocket, including the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani in the first quarter of the year. Civilian human shields held by ISIS were among the victims, including in one reported massacre on 19 March in which up to 300 civilians, including 45 children, were alleged to have been killed by Coalition forces.

From 8 August 2014, to 29 August 2019, coalition aircraft conducted a total of 34,573 strikes.105

On 27 October 2019, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed during the Barisha raid in Idlib Governorate.

On 31 December 2019, the Combined Joint Task Force(CJTF) -OIR reported its forces were "closely monitoring the current situation of the protests at the US Embassy in Baghdad", adding that they were "taking the appropriate force protection measures to ensure US Embassy personnel safety"

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