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
|
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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.
- ^ 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.
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