✦ History

Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war

September 30, 2015 – December 8, 2024

Result Syrian opposition victory

Russia sent air and ground forces to support Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian Civil War. The intervention ended when Assad fell in 2024.

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Battles 3

March 9–27, 2016
Palmyra offensive (March 2016) Syrian government victory Tadmur District Suheil al-Hassan
September 14, 2017
Eastern Syria campaign * ISIL militants maintain presence in the desert Deir ez-Zor Governorate Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
February 18 – April 14, 2018
Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018) Syrian Army-allied victory Ghouta Ghiath Dallah, Suheil al-Hassan

Key commanders

Syrian government 7

Suheil al-Hassan military commander Vladimir Putin belligerent leader Andrei Kartapolov military commander Sergei Shoigu military commander Valery Gerasimov military commander Sergei Surovikin military commander Alexander Lapin military commander

Syria 2

Ghiath Dallah military commander Suheil al-Hassan military commander

Syrian opposition 3

Ahmed al-Sharaa belligerent leader Abdullah al-Muhaysini military commander Hashim al-Sheikh military commander

Al-Qaeda 5

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi belligerent leader Sami al-Oraydi military commander Khalid al-Aruri military commander Gulmurod Khalimov military commander Abu Humam al-Shami military commander

Islamic State 1

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi military commander