Military history of Syria

The List as follows. This includes the Syrian civil war and so on.

Antiquity Military history of the Assyrian Empire Military history of Persia Sassanid army

List of battles with the Roman: Siege of Apamea – 45 BC – 44 BC – Caesar's civil war Battle of Mount Gindarus – 38 BC – Pompeian–Parthian invasion of 40 BC (Roman–Parthian Wars) Battle of Resaena – 243 – Roman–Persian Wars Battle of Barbalissos – 252 – Roman–Persian Wars Siege of Dura-Europos (256) – 256 – Roman–Persian Wars Sack of Bostra – 270 – Crisis of the Third Century Battle of Emesa – 272 – Crisis of the Third Century Battle of Thannuris – 528 – Iberian War Battle of Callinicum – 531 – Iberian War

Middle Ages Islamic conquest of Persia 1251–1259 Mongol invasion of Persia, Syria and Mesopotamia Growth of the Ottoman Empire, Selim I

Civil wars of the early Caliphates Battle of Siffin – 657 – First Fitna Battle of Marj Rahit (684) – 684 – Second Fitna Battle of Ayn al-Warda – 685 – Second Fitna

List of battles in Syria during the Muslim conquest of the Levant (Arab–Byzantine wars): Battle of Marj Rahit (634) Battle of al-Qaryatayn – 634 Battle of Bosra – 634 Battle of Marj al-Saffar (634) Siege of Damascus (634) Battle of Maraj-al-Debaj – 634 Battle of Marj ar-Rum – 635 Siege of Emesa – 635 – 636 Battle of the Yarmuk – 636 Siege of Laodicea (636) – 636 Battle of Hazir – 637 Siege of Aleppo (637) Siege of Emesa (638)

Arab–Byzantine wars: Sack of Aleppo (962) – 962 Battle of the Orontes – 994 Siege of Aleppo (994–995) – 994 – 995 Battle of Apamea – 998 Battle of Azaz (1030) – 1030

List of battles in Syria during the Crusades: Siege of Ma'arra – 1098 – First Crusade Battle of Shaizar – 1111 Battle of Sarmin – 1115 Battle of Ager Sanguinis – 1119 Battle of Hab – 1119 Siege of Aleppo (1124 = 1125) Battle of Azaz (1125) Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1126) Battle of al-Atharib (1130) Battle of Rafaniyya – 1133 Battle of Qinnasrin – 1135 Battle of Ba'rin – 1137 Siege of Aleppo (1138) Siege of Shaizar Battle of Bosra (1147) – 1147 Siege of Damascus (1148) – 1148 – Second Crusade Battle of Inab – 1149 Battle of Harim – 1164 Fall of Krak des Chevaliers – 1271 Fall of Ruad – 1302

List of battles during the Mongol invasions of the Levant: First Battle of Homs – 1260 Second Battle of Homs – 1281 Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar – 1299 Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303) – 1303

Timurid conquests and invasions: Sack of Aleppo (1400) Siege of Damascus (1400)

Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517) (Ottoman wars in Asia): Battle of Marj Dabiq – 1516

Modern French Mandate of Syria 1948 Arab–Israeli War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War (part of the Golan Heights conflict) Syrian occupation of Lebanon 1982 Lebanon War Syrian Revolution Syrian civil war Aftermath of the Syrian civil war

Sources The Middle East: 2000 Years of History From The Rise of Christianity to the Present Day, Bernard Lewis, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995. Qajar Studies: War and Peace in the Qajar Era, Journal of the Qajar Studies Association, London: 2005.

See also History of Syria Military of Syria