US Wars

Since the attacks on New York and the US capital on September 11, 2001, the United States has engaged in three full-scale wars and bombed at least 10 countries in operations ranging from drone strikes to invasions, often multiple times within a single year.

Figure 1 shows all the countries the US has bombed since 2001. These may not include all military strikes, particularly covert or special operations.

According to an analysis by Brown University's Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs, US-led wars since 2001 have directly caused the deaths of about 940,000 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and other conflict zones.