List of wars involving Syria


This is a list of wars involving the Arab Republic of Syria since independence, including periods of the Arab Kingdom of Syria, Mandatory Syrian Republic, Syrian Republic, United Arab Republic and Ba'athist Syria.
ConflictSyria
and allies
OpponentsOutcomeHead of State
Franco-Syrian War
SyriaDefeat
King Faisal
Great Syrian Revolt Syrian rebelsDefeat
  • Revolt crushed
None
Levant Crisis SyriaVictory
  • British-enforced ceasefire
Shukri al-Quwatli
First Arab–Israeli War Egypt

Transjordan
Syria

Saudi Arabia
HWA
ALA
Defeat
Shukri al-Quwatli
First Iraqi–Kurdish War
KDPStalemate
Lu'ay al-Atassi
Six-Day War


Iraq
Defeat
Nureddin al-Atassi
Black September PLO
Defeat
  • PLO expelled to Lebanon, Syrian raid repelled
Nureddin al-Atassi
October War

Iraq


Morocco

Defeat
Hafez al-Assad
Islamist uprising in Syria Government of Syria Muslim BrotherhoodGovernment victory
  • Muslim Brotherhood outlawed
Hafez al-Assad
Lebanese Civil War
ADF

LF
LNM
Jammoul
PLO
Amal
Hezbollah

Al-Tawhid
LNM
PLO
LF
SLA





Hezbollah
Victory
Hafez al-Assad
Gulf War











IraqVictory
Hafez al-Assad
Syrian Civil War

Hezbollah
Syrian Opposition

Ahrar al-Sham
Tahrir al-Sham

Northern Syria
CJTF–OIR
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
  • Bashar al-Assad