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Syrian Arab Republic

Wikidata · Q858

Active span

1967 – 2017

Profile

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwest, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is a republic under a provisional government and comprises 14 governorates. Damascus is the capital and largest city. With a population of 26 million across an area of 185,180 square kilometres (71,500 sq mi), it is the 56th-most populous and 87th-largest country.

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Where they fought

22 of 24 plotted

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When they fought

24 battles · 5 wars

Battle of Abu-Ageila — June 6, 1967 · Six-Day War (1967)Battle of Ammunition Hill — June 6, 1967 · Six-Day War (1967)Battle of Rumani Coast — July 11, 1967 · War of AttritionOperation Focus — June 5, 1967 · Six-Day War (1967)Battle of Karameh — March 21, 1968 · War of AttritionBattle of Baltim — October 9, 1973 · Yom Kippur WarBattle of Latakia — October 7, 1973 · Yom Kippur WarBattle of the Chinese Farm — January 1, 1973 · Yom Kippur WarOfira Air Battle — October 6, 1973 · Yom Kippur WarOperation Badr — January 1, 1973 · Yom Kippur WarBattle of Jezzine — June 8, 1982 · 1982 Lebanon WarBattle of Sultan Yacoub — June 10, 1982 · 1982 Lebanon WarBattle of the Beaufort — June 6, 1982 · 1982 Lebanon WarOperation Mole Cricket 19 — June 9, 1982 · 1982 Lebanon WarSiege of Beirut — June 14, 1982 · 1982 Lebanon WarAnbar clashes (2013–2014) — December 30, 2013 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017Battle of Baiji — June 11, 2014 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017Battle of Baiji (October–November 2014) — June 11, 2014 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017Battle of Zumar — August 1, 2014 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017Fall of Hīt — January 1, 2014 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017Fall of Mosul — June 4, 2014 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017First Battle of Tikrit — July 21, 2014 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017Islamic State invasion of Iraq — June 25, 2014 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–2017Operation Ashura — October 24, 2014 · Iraqi Civil War of 2014–20171967197019801990200020102017

Most active in 2014 — 8 catalogued battles.

Battles

24 engagements

Commanders of Syrian Arab Republic

6 catalogued

Related factions

Allies, adversaries, and co-belligerents

Last verified May 2026
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