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 |
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Franco-Syrian War (1920) |
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Defeat
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Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927) |
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Defeat
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None[1]
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Levant Crisis (1945) |
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Victory
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First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) |
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Defeat
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First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1963–1970) |
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Stalemate | |
Six-Day War (1967) |
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Defeat
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Black September (1970) |
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Defeat
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October War (1973) |
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Defeat[3]
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Islamist uprising in Syria (1979–1982) |
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Government victory
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Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) |
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Victory
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Gulf War (1990–1991) |
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Victory
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Syrian civil war (2011–present) |
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Ongoing
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