Operation Martyr Muath
| Operation Martyr Muath | |||||||
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| Part of Jordanian intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |||||||
Two F-16 of the Royal Jordanian Air Force | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Jordan | Islamic State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| King Abdullah II | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30 F-16 fighter jets | 200,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 56 ISIS militants killed and 56 targets destroyed | ||||||
Operation Martyr Muath (Arabic: عملية الشهيد معاذ) was a 3-day series of airstrikes by the Royal Jordanian Air Force on Islamic State targets in response to the execution of the pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh by burning him alive.