11 September 2001
●The 11 September attacks
AttackerArmed Islamist groups (al-Qaeda, Nusra, ISIS, Assir…)➜TargetUnited States
On 11 September 2001 nineteen al-Qaeda members hijacked four airliners and struck the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon (about 3,000 dead). Washington launched the "war on terror", which reshaped the region through the invasion of Afghanistan and then Iraq.