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✦ History

Events in Syria

1916

1924

1932

1940

1948

1956

1964

1972

1980

1988

1996

2004

2012

2020

Sinai and Palestine campaign

Iraqi–Kurdish conflict

Occupation of Zor

Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence

1948 Arab–Israeli War

Battles of the Kinarot Valley

Arab–Israeli conflict

Operation Hiram

1949 Armistice Agreements

1949 Syrian coup d'état

1954 Syrian coup d'état

Syrian Crisis of 1957

First Iraqi–Kurdish War

1961 Syrian coup d'état

1963 Syrian coup d'état

War over Water (Jordan River)

Operation Focus

Battle of Tel Faher

War of Attrition

Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon

Black September

Corrective Movement (Syria)

1970 Syrian coup d'état

First Battle of Mount Hermon

Valley of Tears

Battle of Latakia

Operation Model 5

Second Battle of Mount Hermon

1973 raid on al-Mazzah Airport

Third Battle of Mount Hermon

Lebanese Civil War

Islamist uprising in Syria

Hundred Days' War

Siege of Aleppo (1980)

1982 Hama massacre

1982 Lebanon War

Battle of Jezzine (1982)

Operation Mole Cricket 19

Battle of Sultan Yacoub

Siege of Beirut

Battle of Tripoli (1983)

1984 Syrian coup attempt

Iran–Israel proxy conflict

War of the Camps

War of Brothers

War of Liberation (1989–1990)

Liberation of Kuwait campaign

Madrid Conference of 1991

Operation Grapes of Wrath

2004 Qamishli riots

Operation Outside the Box

Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war

Syrian civil war

Syrian revolution

Siege of Talkalakh (May 2011)

June 2011 Jisr ash-Shughur clashes

Siege of Hama (2011)

Early insurgency phase of the Syrian civil war

Rif Dimashq clashes (November 2011–March 2012)

Daraa Governorate campaign

Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–2014)

Battle of Rastan (May 2012)

Battle of Zabadani (2012)

Battle of Douma

2012 Syrian constitutional referendum

Battle of Azaz (2012)

Battle of Idlib (2012)

Battle of Taftanaz

Battle of Tremseh

Battle of Damascus (2012)

Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)

Rojava Revolution

Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa

Siege of Menagh Air Base

Siege of Base 46

Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–2013)

Quneitra Governorate clashes (2012–2014)

Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war

2012 Hama offensive

Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war

Battle of Shaddadi (2013)

Battle of Raqqa (2013)

Al-Qusayr offensive

Siege of Eastern Ghouta

Battle of Jdaidet al-Fadl

Turkey–Islamic State conflict

Second Battle of al-Qusayr

Ghouta chemical attack

Battle of Maaloula

Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)

Battle of Sadad

Battle of Qalamoun (2013–2014)

War in Iraq (2013–2017)

Anbar campaign (2013–2014)

Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war

2014 Idlib offensive

2014 Latakia offensive

Libyan civil war (2014–2020)

Islamic State invasion of Iraq

War against the Islamic State

Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017)

First Battle of Sha'ir

Yazidi genocide

2014 Eastern Syria offensive

2014 Hama offensive

2015–2016 Latakia offensive

Daraa offensive (January 2015)

Eastern Hasakah offensive

Battle of Bosra (2015)

Battle of Idlib (2015)

Siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya

Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015)

Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)

Hasakah city offensive

Palmyra offensive (May 2015)

Battle of Hasakah (2015)

Daraa offensive (June–July 2015)

Palmyra offensive (July–August 2015)

Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2015)

Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase

Russian–Syrian hospital bombing campaign

Battle of Zabadani (2015)

Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war

Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015)

Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015)

East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016)

Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (2015–2016)

Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)

Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016)

Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016)

2016 Khanasir offensive

Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2016)

Palmyra offensive (March 2016)

Battle of Qamishli (2016)

2016 Aleppo summer campaign

Turkish occupation of northern Syria

2016 Latakia offensive

Battle of al-Rai (August 2016)

Battle of Hasakah (2016)

2016 Hama offensive

September 2016 Deir ez-Zor airstrike

Aleppo offensive (September–October 2016)

2016 Dabiq offensive

Battle of al-Bab

Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)

Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)

Palmyra offensive (December 2016)

Palmyra offensive (2017)

Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)

Khan Shaykhun chemical attack

East Aleppo offensive (2017)

2017 Shayrat missile strike

2017 Aleppo suicide car bombing

Hama offensive (March–April 2017)

Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017)

Qaboun offensive (2017)

Daraa offensive (June 2017)

Maskanah Plains offensive

2017 Southern Raqqa offensive

2017 Jobar offensive

Central Syria campaign

Eastern Syria campaign

Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017 – February 2018)

Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate

Beit Jinn offensive

Battle of Harasta (2017–2018)

Operation Olive Branch

Battle of Khasham

February 2018 Israel–Syria incident

Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018)

Douma chemical attack

April 2018 missile strikes against Syria

Deir ez-Zor offensive (2018)

Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018)

Battle of Baghuz Fawqani

Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)

2019 Turkish offensive into northeastern Syria

Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Northwestern Syria offensive (2019–2020)

Operation Spring Shield

2020 Balyun airstrikes

2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes

2023 Damascus airstrike

2023 Homs drone strike

Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)

Attacks on US bases during the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)

Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus

Majdal Shams attack

2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks

Fall of the Assad regime

2024 Syrian opposition offensives

Southern Syria offensive (2024)

Battle of Aleppo (2024)

2024 Hama offensive

Operation Dawn of Freedom

Fall of Damascus (2024)

2024 Homs offensive

2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites

Palmyra offensive (2024)

Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)

Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present)

Western Syria clashes

East Aleppo offensive (2024–2025)

Southern Syria conflict (2025–present)

Mar Elias Church attack

Southern Syria clashes (July–September 2025)

2025–2026 United States airstrikes in Syria

2026 northeastern Syria offensive

2026 Lebanon war