List of wars involving Syria

Conflict	Syria and allies	Opponents	Outcome	Head of State
Franco-Syrian War	Syria		Defeat Establishment of French Mandate of Syria	King Faisal
Great Syrian Revolt	Syrian rebels		Defeat Revolt crushed	None
Levant Crisis	Syria		Victory British-enforced ceasefire	Shukri al-Quwatli
First Arab–Israeli War	Egypt Transjordan Syria Saudi Arabia HWA ALA		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 Iraqi–Kurdish War		KDP	Stalemate Iraqi–Kurdish Autonomy Agreement of 1970	Lu'ay al-Atassi
Six-Day War	Iraq		Defeat Israel captured the Gaza Strip, Sinai, the West Bank and the Golan Heights	Nureddin al-Atassi
Black September	PLO		Defeat PLO expelled to Lebanon, Syrian raid repelled	Nureddin al-Atassi
October War	Iraq Morocco		Defeat UN ceasefire Geneva Conference and the Sinai II Agreement Strategic political gains for Egypt and Israel	Hafez al-Assad
Islamist uprising in Syria	Government of Syria	Muslim Brotherhood	Government 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 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	Hafez al-Assad
Gulf War		Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure	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