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Syrian Army

Army · Syria · from August 1, 1945 · c. 180,000–182,000 strong

Fought in Lebanese Civil War Wikipedia

Sub-units 18

People who served 11

Mustafa Tlass General

Bashar al-Assad Marshal

Amin al-Hafiz General of the Army

Hikmat al-Shihabi General

Salah Jadid Major General Issam Zahr ad-Din Major General Suheil al-Hassan Major General

Salim Idris Brigadier General · ?–2012 Dawoud Rajiha General

Ali Abdullah Ayyoub Lieutenant General

Assef Shawkat General

Strength and losses

Nominal Strength: c. 180,000–182,000

Movements

May 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949 1948 Arab–Israeli War
September 11, 1961 – March 1970 First Iraqi–Kurdish War
June 5–10, 1967 Six-Day War
July 1, 1967 – August 7, 1970 War of Attrition
September 6, 1970 – July 17, 1971 Black September
October 6–9, 1973 Valley of Tears
October 6–25, 1973 Yom Kippur War
April 1, 1980 – February 1981 Siege of Aleppo (1980)
December 22, 1980 – June 30, 1981 Battle of Zahleh
June 6, 1982 – May 17, 1985 1982 Lebanon War
June 8, 1982 Battle of Jezzine (1982)
June 10, 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub
November 3 – December 20, 1983 Battle of Tripoli (1983)
August 2, 1990 – January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Shield
April 11–27, 1996 Operation Grapes of Wrath
March 15, 2011 – December 8, 2024 Syrian civil war
April 25 – May 5, 2011 Siege of Daraa
May 6, 2011 – May 21, 2017 Siege of Homs
May 28 – June 4, 2011 Siege of Rastan and Talbiseh
June 4–12, 2011 June 2011 Jisr ash-Shughur clashes
November 3, 2011 Rif Dimashq clashes (November 2011–March 2012)
November 14, 2011 – July 31, 2018 Daraa Governorate campaign
November 26, 2011 – April 10, 2014 Deir ez-Zor clashes (2011–2014)
2012 Battle of Rastan (May 2012)
January 18, 2012 Battle of Zabadani (2012)
January 30, 2012 Battle of Douma
March 6 – July 23, 2012 Battle of Azaz (2012)
March 10–13, 2012 Battle of Idlib (2012)
July 12, 2012 Battle of Tremseh
July 15 – August 4, 2012 Battle of Damascus (2012)
July 19, 2012 – February 3, 2016 Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa
July 19, 2012 – December 22, 2016 Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)
August 2, 2012 – August 6, 2013 Siege of Menagh Air Base
November 2, 2012 – 2015 Quneitra Governorate clashes (2012–2014)
March 2–6, 2013 Battle of Raqqa (2013)
April 4 – June 8, 2013 Al-Qusayr offensive
April 7, 2013 Siege of Eastern Ghouta
April 16–21, 2013 Battle of Jdaidet al-Fadl
May 19, 2013 Second Battle of al-Qusayr
August 4–19, 2013 2013 Latakia offensive
September 4–15, 2013 Battle of Maaloula
October 3 – December 1, 2013 Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)
October 21–28, 2013 Battle of Sadad
December 15, 2013 Battle of Qalamoun (2013–2014)
March 5 – May 25, 2014 2014 Idlib offensive
March 20, 2014 Battle of Hosn
March 21 – June 15, 2014 2014 Latakia offensive
July 14, 2014 – September 10, 2017 Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017)
July 17–26, 2014 First Battle of Sha'ir
August 28, 2014 2014 Eastern Syria offensive
September 19, 2014 2014 Hama offensive
2015 2015–2016 Latakia offensive
January 24–31, 2015 Daraa offensive (January 2015)
February 21 – March 17, 2015 Eastern Hasakah offensive
March 24–28, 2015 Battle of Idlib (2015)
April 22 – June 14, 2015 Northwestern Syria offensive (April–June 2015)
May 2015 – June 2015 Hasakah city offensive
May 13–25, 2015 Palmyra offensive (May 2015)
June 23 – August 1, 2015 Battle of Hasakah (2015)
August 4, 2015 Palmyra offensive (July–August 2015)
August 28 – September 9, 2015 Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase
September 24, 2015 Battle of Zabadani (2015)
October 16 – December 21, 2015 Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015)
November 10, 2015 Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015)
November 18, 2015 – February 21, 2016 East Aleppo offensive (2015–2016)
December 27, 2015 Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (2015–2016)
January 21, 2016 Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016)
February 1–16, 2016 Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016)
February 11 – March 5, 2016 Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (February–March 2016)
February 29, 2016 2016 Khanasir offensive
March 3 – April 3, 2016 Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2016)
March 9–27, 2016 Palmyra offensive (March 2016)
June 25 – September 11, 2016 2016 Aleppo summer campaign
August 12, 2016 2016 Latakia offensive
August 23, 2016 Battle of Hasakah (2016)
August 29 – November 6, 2016 2016 Hama offensive
September 22 – October 16, 2016 Aleppo offensive (September–October 2016)
November 6, 2016 – February 23, 2017 Battle of al-Bab
November 15 – December 22, 2016 Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)
December 8–22, 2016 Palmyra offensive (December 2016)
January 2017 – March 2, 2017 Palmyra offensive (2017)
January 2017 – February 2017 Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017)
April 5, 2017 East Aleppo offensive (2017)
April 28, 2017 Hama offensive (March–April 2017)
May 7 – July 13, 2017 Syrian Desert campaign (May–July 2017)
May 29, 2017 Qaboun offensive (2017)
June 7–23, 2017 Daraa offensive (June 2017)
June 8, 2017 Maskanah Plains offensive
June 13–30, 2017 2017 Southern Raqqa offensive
June 20 – August 14, 2017 2017 Jobar offensive
July 14 – October 21, 2017 Central Syria campaign
September 14, 2017 Eastern Syria campaign
October 9, 2017 Northwestern Syria campaign (October 2017 – February 2018)
November 28, 2017 – January 2, 2018 Beit Jinn offensive
December 29, 2017 Battle of Harasta (2017–2018)
February 7–8, 2018 Battle of Khasham
February 10, 2018 February 2018 Israel–Syria incident
February 18 – April 14, 2018 Rif Dimashq offensive (February–April 2018)
June 11, 2018 Deir ez-Zor offensive (2018)
November 19, 2018 Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018)
February 9 – March 23, 2019 Battle of Baghuz Fawqani
April 2019 – August 2019 Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
December 19, 2019 – March 6, 2020 Northwestern Syria offensive (2019–2020)
February 27 – March 6, 2020 Operation Spring Shield
November 27 – December 8, 2024 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
November 29 – December 7, 2024 Southern Syria offensive (2024)
November 29 – December 2, 2024 Battle of Aleppo (2024)
November 30 – December 12, 2024 Operation Dawn of Freedom
November 30 – December 5, 2024 2024 Hama offensive
December 2024 – December 8, 2024 2024 Homs offensive
December 2024 – December 8, 2024 Fall of Damascus (2024)
December 6–7, 2024 Palmyra offensive (2024)
December 8, 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)
December 11, 2024 Western Syria clashes
February 28, 2025 Southern Syria conflict (2025–present)
July 13–20, 2025 Southern Syria clashes (July–September 2025)
January 13–18, 2026 2026 northeastern Syria offensive