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Here's how the US is leading the fight against ISIS

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On Wednesday, the US, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Australia and The Netherlands renewed pledges to support the US-led international coalition fight against ISIS.

Established by US Central Command in October 2014, the Combined Joint Task Force's Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) is responsible for executing 9,782 air strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

In the slides below, see how nations around have come together to confront ISIS.

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This map marks in blue countries nations involved in OIR.

Here are some of the nations in the US-led coalition:

Albania
Arab League
Australia
Austria
Kingdom of Bahrain
Kingdom of Belgium
Bosnia and
    Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Arab Republic of
    Egypt
Estonia
European Union
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Republic of Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Republic of Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malaysia
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Panama
Poland
Portugal

Qatar
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
Spain
Sweden
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States

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The US alone has carried out the wide majority of air strikes against ISIS with 7,390 strikes in Iraq (4,361) and Syria (3,029).

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According to the Defense Department, the US spends $11 million per day, a total of $5.5 billion since the air war began in August 2014.

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