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) and Ba'athist Syria.
Conflict | Syria and allies |
Opponents | Outcome | Head of State |
---|---|---|---|---|
Franco-Syrian War (1920) |
Syria | France | Defeat
|
|
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927) |
Syrian rebels | France | Defeat
|
None
[1]
|
Levant Crisis (1945) |
Syria | France | Victory
|
|
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) |
Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia HWA ALA |
Israel | Defeat
| |
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1963–1970) |
Iraq Syria |
KDP | Stalemate | |
Six-Day War (1967) |
Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Lebanon |
Israel | Defeat
|
|
Black September (1970) |
PLO Syria |
Jordan | Defeat
| |
October War (1973) |
Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba |
Israel | Defeat
[3]
|
|
Islamist uprising in Syria (1979–1982) |
Government of Syria | Muslim Brotherhood | Government victory
| |
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) |
Syria ADF (until 1979) 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
| |
Gulf War (1990–1991) |
Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman Pakistan United Arab Emirates Qatar Australia |
Iraq | Victory
| |
Syrian civil war (2011–present) |
Syria Iraq (2017–19) |
Syrian Opposition Turkey Ahrar al-Sham Tahrir al-Sham ISIL Northern Syria CJTF–OIR |
Ongoing
|
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) and Ba'athist Syria.
Conflict | Syria and allies |
Opponents | Outcome | Head of State |
---|---|---|---|---|
Franco-Syrian War (1920) |
Syria | France | Defeat
|
|
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927) |
Syrian rebels | France | Defeat
|
None
[1]
|
Levant Crisis (1945) |
Syria | France | Victory
|
|
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) |
Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia HWA ALA |
Israel | Defeat
| |
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1963–1970) |
Iraq Syria |
KDP | Stalemate | |
Six-Day War (1967) |
Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Lebanon |
Israel | Defeat
|
|
Black September (1970) |
PLO Syria |
Jordan | Defeat
| |
October War (1973) |
Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba |
Israel | Defeat
[3]
|
|
Islamist uprising in Syria (1979–1982) |
Government of Syria | Muslim Brotherhood | Government victory
| |
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) |
Syria ADF (until 1979) 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
| |
Gulf War (1990–1991) |
Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman Pakistan United Arab Emirates Qatar Australia |
Iraq | Victory
| |
Syrian civil war (2011–present) |
Syria Iraq (2017–19) |
Syrian Opposition Turkey Ahrar al-Sham Tahrir al-Sham ISIL Northern Syria CJTF–OIR |
Ongoing
|