Battles in Syria
161 battles and sieges whose recorded location lies within the modern borders of Syria (Asia), ordered by date.
Ancient · Medieval · Early modern · World War I era · Interwar · World War II era · Post-1945 · Date not recorded
Ancient (before 500) · 9
- Battle of Kadesh 1274 BCSyria
- Siege of Dapur 1271 BCSyria
- Battle of Qarqar 853 BCSyria · Assyrian conquest of Aram
- Battle of Hamath 605 BCSyria
- Siege of Apamea 45 BCSyria · Caesar's Civil War
- Battle of Mount Gindarus 38 BCSyria · Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE
- Battle of Barbalissos 252Syria · Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign
- Siege of Emesa (253) 253Syria · Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign
- Battle of Emesa 272Syria · Palmyrene War
Medieval (500–1499) · 40
- Battle of Thannuris 528Syria · Iberian War
- Battle of Callinicum 531Syria · Iberian War
- Battle of Marj Rahit (634) 634Syria · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Battle of al-Qaryatayn 634Syria · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Siege of Damascus (634) 634Syria · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Siege of Emesa 635Syria · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Battle of the Yarmuk 636Syria · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Battle of Hazir 637Syria · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Siege of Aleppo (637) 637Syria · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Siege of Emesa (638) 638Syria · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Battle of Siffin 657Syria · First Fitna
- Battle of Marj Rahit (684) 684Syria · Second Fitna
- Battle of Ayn al-Warda 685Syria · Second Fitna
- Sack of Aleppo (962) 962Syria · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of the Orontes 994Syria · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Aleppo (994–995) 994Syria · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Apamea 998Syria · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Azaz (1030) 1030Syria · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of al-Funaydiq 1060Syria
- Siege of Ma'arra 1098Syria · First Crusade
- Seljuk campaign on the Crusaders (1111) 1111Syria · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Battle of Sarmin 1115Syria · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Battle of the Field of Blood 1119Syria · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Siege of Aleppo (1124–1125) 1124Syria · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Battle of Azaz (1125) 1125Syria · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Battle of Ba'rin 1137Syria · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Siege of Shaizar (1138) 1138Syria · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Battle of Bosra (1147) 1147Syria · Second Crusade
- Siege of Damascus (1148) 1148Syria · Second Crusade
- Battle of Inab 1149Syria · Crusader battles between 1149 and 1189
- Siege of Shaizar (1157) 1157Syria · Crusader battles between 1149 and 1189
- Battle of Harim 1164Syria · Crusader battles between 1149 and 1189
- First Battle of Homs 1260Syria
- Siege of Aleppo (1260) 1260Syria · Mongol invasions of the Levant
- Fall of Krak des Chevaliers 1271Syria · Fall of Outremer
- Second Battle of Homs 1281Syria · Mongol invasions of the Levant
- Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar 1299Syria · Mongol invasions of the Levant
- Fall of Ruad 1302Syria · Fall of Outremer
- Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303) 1303Syria · Mongol invasions of the Levant
- Siege of Damascus (1400) 1400Syria · Syrian campaign
Early modern (1500–1799) · 1
- Battle of Marj Dabiq 1516Syria · Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17
World War I era (1914–1918) · 6
- Battle of Aleppo (1918) 1918Syria · Middle Eastern theater of World War I
- Capture of Damascus (1918) 1918Syria · Sinai and Palestine Campaign
- Charge at Haritan 1918Syria · Middle Eastern theater of World War I
- Charge at Kaukab 1918Syria · Sinai and Palestine Campaign
- Charge at Khan Ayash 1918Syria · Middle Eastern theater of World War I
- Charge at Kiswe 1918Syria · Middle Eastern theater of World War I
Interwar (1919–1938) · 5
- Battle of Maysalun 1920Syria · Franco-Syrian War
- Battle of al-Kafr 1925Syria · Great Syrian Revolt
- Battle of al-Mazraa 1925Syria · Great Syrian Revolt
- Battle of al-Musayfirah 1925Syria · Great Syrian Revolt
- Capture of Salkhad 1925Syria · Great Syrian Revolt
World War II era (1939–1945) · 4
- Battle of Damascus (1941) 1941Syria · Syria–Lebanon campaign
- Battle of Deir ez-Zor (1941) 1941Syria · Syria–Lebanon campaign
- Battle of Kissoué 1941Syria · Syria–Lebanon campaign
- Battle of Palmyra (1941) 1941Syria · Syria–Lebanon campaign
Post-1945 (1946 onwards) · 90
- Battle of Latakia 1973Syria · Yom Kippur War
- First Battle of Mount Hermon 1973Syria · Yom Kippur War
- Second Battle of Mount Hermon 1973Syria · Yom Kippur War
- Third Battle of Mount Hermon 1973Syria · Yom Kippur War
- Siege of Aleppo (1980) 1981Syria · Islamist revolution in Syria
- Battle of Rastan (2011) 2011Syria
- June 2011 Jisr ash-Shughur clashes 2011Syria · Syrian revolution
- Siege of Baniyas 2011Syria
- Siege of Daraa 2011Syria · Syrian revolution
- Siege of Hama (2011) 2011Syria
- Siege of Homs 2011Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Latakia (2011) 2011Syria
- Siege of Rastan and Talbiseh 2011Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Talkalakh (May 2011) 2011Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Anadan 2012Syria · Battle of Aleppo
- Battle of Azaz (2012) 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Damascus (2012) 2012Syria · Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign
- Battle of Douma 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Idlib (2012) 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2012) 2012Syria · Idlib Governorate clashes
- Battle of Rastan (January–February 2012) 2012Syria · early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Rastan (May 2012) 2012Syria · Syrian revolution
- Battle of Saraqib 2012Syria
- Battle of Taftanaz 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Tremseh 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Zabadani (2012) 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- First Battle of al-Qusayr 2012Syria · early insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Base 46 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Menagh Air Base 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Northern Homs 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa 2012Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Wadi Deif (2012–2013) 2012Syria · Idlib Governorate clashes
- Battle of Jdaidet al-Fadl 2013Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Maaloula 2013Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Raqqa (2013) 2013Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Sadad 2013Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Shaddadi (2013) 2013Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of al-Yaarubiyah 2013Syria · Hasakah Governorate campaign
- Second Battle of al-Qusayr 2013Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Al-Otaiba ambush 2014Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Dama 2014Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Markada 2014Syria · inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Tabqa Airbase 2014Syria · 2014 Eastern Syria offensive
- Battle of the Shaer gas field (October–November 2014) 2014Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Deir ez-Zor offensive (April–July 2014) 2014Syria · Syrian Civil War
- First Battle of Sha'ir 2014Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) 2014Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Wadi Deif (2014) 2014Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (2015–2016) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Bosra (2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Hasakah (2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Idlib (2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Sarrin (June–July 2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Zabadani (2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Eastern Hasakah offensive 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Kuweires offensive 2015Syria · Battle of Aleppo
- Palmyra offensive (May 2015) 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Tishrin Dam offensive 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Western Hasakah offensive 2015Syria · Syrian Civil War
- 2016 Khanasir offensive 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Hasakah (2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Qamishli (2016) 2016Syria · Rojava Revolution
- Battle of al-Bab 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of al-Qaryatayn (2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of the Shaer gas field (2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Deir ez-Zor offensive (2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Ithriyah-Raqqa offensive (June 2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Northern Aleppo offensive (March–June 2016) 2016Syria · inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
- Palmyra offensive (December 2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Palmyra offensive (March 2016) 2016Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Raqqa (2017) 2017Syria · Raqqa Campaign
- Battle of Tabqa 2017Syria · Raqqa Campaign
- Deir ez-Zor offensive (January–February 2017) 2017Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Hama offensive (March–April 2017) 2017Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Khasham 2018Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Baghuz Fawqani 2019Syria · Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)
- Operation Olive Branch 2019Syria · Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- Battle of Hasakah (2022) 2022Syria · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Aleppo (2024) 2024Syria · 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
- Fall of Damascus (2024) 2024Syria · 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
- Aleppo clashes (2025–2026) 2025Syria · Syrian Democratic Forces–Syrian transitional government clashes
Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 6
- 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign Syria · 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign
- Battle of Marj ar-Rum Syria
- Central Syria campaign Syria
- Palmyra offensive (December 2016) Syria
- Siege of Bourzey Castle Syria
- Siege of Dura-Europos (256) Syria · Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign