List of wars involving Syria

This is a list of wars involving Syria since independence, including periods of the Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920), Mandatory Syrian Republic, Syrian Republic (1946–63), United Arab Republic (1958–61), Ba'athist Syria (1963–2024), and Syria (2024–present).

Conflict	Syria and allies	Opponents	Outcome	Head of State
Franco-Syrian War (1920)	Syria	France	Defeat Establishment of French Mandate of Syria	King Faisal
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927)	Syrian rebels	France	Defeat Revolt crushed	None^[1]
Levant Crisis (1945)	Syria United Kingdom	France	Victory British-enforced ceasefire^[2] On 17 April 1946, Syria gains full independence	Shukri al-Quwatli
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)	Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia HWA ALA	Israel	Defeat 1949 Armistice Agreements Israel kept the area allotted to it by the Partition Plan and captured 50% of area allotted to Arab state	Shukri al-Quwatli
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1963–1970)	Iraq Syria	KDP	Stalemate Iraqi–Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970	Lu'ay al-Atassi
Six-Day War (1967)	Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Lebanon	Israel	Defeat Israel captured the Gaza Strip, Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights	Nureddin al-Atassi
Black September (1970)	PLO Syria	Jordan	Defeat PLO expelled to Lebanon, Syrian raid repelled	Nureddin al-Atassi
October War (1973)	Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba	Israel	Defeat^[3] UN ceasefire Geneva Conference and the Sinai II Agreement Strategic political gains for Egypt and Israel	Hafez al-Assad
Islamist uprising in Syria (1979–1982)	Government of Syria	Muslim Brotherhood	Government victory Muslim Brotherhood outlawed
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)	Syria ADF (until 1979) Saudi Arabia Sudan United Arab Emirates Libya South Yemen LF (until 1976) LNM (from 1976) Jammoul PLO (1978–83) Amal Hezbollah Iran Al-Tawhid	LNM (until 1976) PLO (1976 and 1985) LF SLA Israel United States France Italy United Kingdom Hezbollah (1987)	Victory Syrian occupation of Lebanon until 2005 Taif Agreement Disarmament of Lebanese militias and Maronite influence in politics decreased Israeli occupation of South Lebanon until 2000
Assadist–Saddamist conflict (1979–2003)	Syria Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction) Ba'ath Party – Syria Region Supported by: Soviet Union (until 1991) Iran Iraqi opposition Hezbollah PLO South Yemen Libya Algeria	Iraq Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction) Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region Muslim Brotherhood Supported by: United States (until 1991) Saudi Arabia (until 1991) Kuwait (until 1991) Sudan North Yemen Somalia Jordan Morocco Lebanese Forces Muslim Brotherhood in Syria Syrian Opposition PLO: Right Wing of Fatah Arab Liberation Front	Victory United States invades Iraq and removes Saddamists from power in Iraq.
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman Pakistan United Arab Emirates Qatar Australia	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
Syrian civil war (2011–present)	Syria Iraq (2017–19) Russia Hezbollah Iran	Syrian Opposition Turkey Ahrar al-Sham Tahrir al-Sham ISIL Northern Syria CJTF–OIR United States Canada United Kingdom France Germany Saudi Arabia Qatar Jordan Bahrain United Arab Emirates Morocco Australia Netherlands Belgium Denmark Norway	Ongoing Countrywide civil war American-led intervention against ISIL and Tahrir al-Sham Russian intervention against ISIL and the Syrian opposition Turkish operation against SDF and the Syrian government Fall of the Assad regime in 2024	Bashar al-Assad

References

^ The revolt was effectively led by Sultan al-Atrash
^ Wall, Irwin M. The United States and the Making of Postwar France, 1945–1954, pp. 32–33. Cambridge University Press, 1991.
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References:
- Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
- Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
- Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
- Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
- 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2
- Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
- Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society^{[permanent dead link‍]} Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.

[1] The revolt was effectively led by Sultan al-Atrash

[2] Wall, Irwin M. The United States and the Making of Postwar France, 1945–1954, pp. 32–33. Cambridge University Press, 1991.

[3] References:
Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward

Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450

Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983

Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498

0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2

Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177

Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society^{[permanent dead link‍]} Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.

[4] Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward

[5] Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450

[6] Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983

[7] Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498

[8] 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2

[9] Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177

[10] Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society^{[permanent dead link‍]} Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.

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