List of wars involving Syria

This is a list of wars that independent Syria has been involved in since independence, including periods of the Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920), Syrian Republic (1930–58), United Arab Republic (1958-61) and Ba'athist Syria.

Conflict	Syria and allies	Opponents	Outcome	Head of State
Franco-Syrian War (1920)	Kingdom of Syria	France	Defeat Establishment of French Mandate of Syria.	King Faisal
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927)	Syrian Arab rebels	France	Defeat French forces put down the revolt.	None^[1]
First Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949)	Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon 22px 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 Kurdish–Iraqi War (1963–1970)	Iraq Syria	KDP	Stalemate Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement	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 in Jordan (1970)	PLO Syria	Jordan	Defeat PLO driven out to Lebanon, Syrian withdrawal.	Nureddin al-Atassi
October War (1973)	Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Kuwait Cuba Tunisia	Israel	Defeat^[2] Syrian invasion of Israel repelled; 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)	Syrian Government	Muslim Brotherhood	Government victory Muslim Brotherhood outlawed.
Lebanese Civil War (1976–1990)	Syria ADF LF (until 1976) LNM (from 1976) LNRF Amal PLO (1978-1983) Hezbollah Al-Tawhid	LNM (until 1976) PLO (1976 and 1985) LF Israel SLA United States France Italy United Kingdom	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.
Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Morocco Oman Qatar	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–)	Syrian Government Hezbollah Iran Russia	Syrian Opposition Al-Qaeda Rojava Iraqi Kurdistan CJTF–OIR (against ISIL) United States Canada United Kingdom France Australia Netherlands Turkey Saudi Arabia Qatar Jordan Bahrain UAE Morocco ISIL	Ongoing Countrywide uprising against the government. American-led intervention against ISIL Russian intervention against ISIL and the Syrian opposition	Bashar al-Assad

References

↑ The revolt was effectively led by Sultan al-Atrash
↑ 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 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] 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 Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.

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

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

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

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

[7] 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2

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

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

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