2014 American rescue mission in Syria

2014 American rescue mission in Syria
Part of the Syrian Civil War and
the Military intervention against the Islamic State
Date4 July 2014 (2014-07-04)
Location
Result Operation failed
Belligerents

 Islamic State

Commanders and leaders
Barack Obama

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Caliph)
Abu Ali al-Anbari (Deputy, Syria)

Abu Omar al-Shishani (Field commander in Syria)
Units involved
1st SFOD-D
75th Ranger Regiment, Regimental Reconnaissance Company
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment

Unknown

    Strength
    Ground force:
    Around 24 Delta Force operators
    Unknown number of Army Rangers
    1 Jordanian special forces operator
    Aircraft:
    4 MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters including 2 MH-60L
    1 AC-130 Gunship
    2 MQ-1 Predator drones
    Fighter jets
    Unknown
    Casualties and losses
    1 U.S. soldier wounded
    1 Jordanian soldier wounded (unconfirmed)
    5–8 militants killed

    The 2014 rescue mission in Syria was an American led effort to locate and rescue hostages being held by Islamic State (IS) forces. Plans to rescue the hostages were accelerated after the killings of James Foley, Steven Sotloff, and Kayla Mueller by IS militants. A total of 14 hostages were held hostage by the IS at an undisclosed location. Though no soldiers were killed, the mission failed to locate and rescue the hostages.