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External Links : Links related to Syrian Military History For links on general military history sources, go to History of Warfare Main Page List of Syrian Wars 1800-1999, from ACED (only lists wars from 1920 onward; earlier wars affecting the territoty of Iraq not listed List of Wars of the Ottoman Empire / Turkey 1800-1999, from ACED Chronology, from League of Nations Photo Archive at Indiana Univ. Syria 1914-1945, 1945-2000, from Encyclopedia of World History Review of R.M. Bennett, the Syrian Military : a Primer (2001), by MEIB Orders, Decorations and Medals : Syria |
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Wars affecting Late Ottoman Syria 1914-1920 |
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1914-1918 1919 1920 |
World War I; Damascus, Beirut taken by Arab Revolt in 1918 French operations with the object to occupy Syria began (Ile Rouad), Dec. 1919 French occupation of Aleppo, Damascus (July 1920); Prince Faysal left country |
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Wars affecting the French Mandate of Syria, 1920-1946 |
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1920-1921 1920-1921 1925-1927 1927 1940-1941 1945 1945 |
Armed Resistance against French Occupation in Alawite area around Latakia Franco-Turkish War, over Cilicia, Kurdistan Great Revolt beginning on Jabal Druse and spreading to Damascus, which the French temporarily evacuated Kurdish rebellion in northern Syria World War II; Syria unilaterally declared independence, was reoccupied Syria declared War on Germany (Feb.; Germany surrendered in May) Skirmishes between French and Syrian Forces (May) |
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Wars of the Republic of Syria, since 1946 |
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1948-1949 1949 1953-1954 1957 1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 1970 1970 1973 1973 1975-1991 1980 1982 1991 |
First Arab-Israeli War Three Military Coups d'Etat Druse Rebellion Turkish-Syrian Border Incidents Coup d'Etat Coup d'Etat Urban unrest quelled by armed forces (Hamah) Coup d'Etat Arab-Israeli War; loss of Golan Heights Jordan : Black September (Jordanian Army fought PLO Fedayeen; Syria sent 200 tanks to support the latter) Coup d'Etat Anti-Govt. Riots in Hamah, Homs Arab-Israeli War (Yom-Kippur War) Lebanese Civil War, with Syrian involvement Muslim Brotherhood Insurrection in Aleppo Muslim Brotherhood Insurrection in Hamah Second Gulf War; Syria part of the coalition which liberated Iraq |
