List of wars and battles involving al-Qaeda explained

The following is a list of conflicts involving the militant group known as al-Qaeda throughout its various incarnations. The group currently controls portions of territory in Syria, Somalia and Yemen and has taken part in many battles and wars.

Wars

Ongoing

• War on Terror
• Yemeni Civil War (2015-present)
  • Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
• Maghreb insurgency
• Northern Mali conflict
• Syrian Civil War
• War in North-West Pakistan
• Second Somali Islamist War
• Military intervention against ISIL
  • American-led intervention in Syria

Not Ongoing

• Soviet–Afghan War (from 1988)
• Afghan Civil War (1989–92)
• Afghan Civil War (1992–96)
• Bosnian War
• Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
• Tajikistani Civil War
• Iraq War
  • Iraqi insurgency (2011-2013) First Somali Islamist War
• Factional violence in Libya (2011–14)
• Second Libyan Civil War

Battles

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
Battle of Kabul (1992–96) (April 30, 1992 – September 27, 1996)	Al-Qaeda Taliban	Islamic State of Afghanistan Shura-e Nazar Jamiat-i Islami Harakat-i Islami Ittehad-i Islami Hezb-i Wahdat Junbish-i Milli Hezb-i Islami	Partial Victory
Battle of Mogadishu (1993) (3–4 October 1993)	Al-Qaeda (Only strategist help by supreme strategist of Al-Qaeda Saif al-Adel) Somali National Alliance (SNA)	Malaysia	Victory
Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–98) (25 May 25, 1997 – 14 August 1998)	Al-Qaeda Taliban	Junbishi Forces Forces loyal to Ismail Khan	Victory
Siege of Kunduz (11 November 2001 – 23 November 2001)			Defeat
Battle of Kandahar (2001) (7 October 2001)			Partial Defeat
Fall of Kandahar (22 November – 7 December 2001)			Defeat
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi (25 November 2001 – 1 December 2001)			Defeat
Battle of Tora Bora (December 6, 2001 – December 17, 2001)			Partial Defeat
Operation Anaconda (March 1–18, 2002)			Defeat
Battle of Takur Ghar (4–5 March 2002)			Defeat
Operation Harpoon (2002) (March 13–19, 2002)			Defeat
Operation Jacana (April, 2002–July, 2002)			Defeat
Battle of Wana (March 16–23, 2004)			Defeat
First Battle of Fallujah (4 April – 1 May 2004)	al-Qaeda Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Ba'athists Other Sunni insurgents	United States Poland (GROM) Blackwater	Victory
2004 Iraq KBR convoy ambush (April 9, 2004)	al-Qaeda Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Badr Organization Mahdi Army	United States	Victory
Houthi insurgency in Yemen (18 June 2004 – 6 February 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Houthis Yemen	Victory
Battle of Samarra (2004) (October 1–3, 2004)	al-Qaeda Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad	United States Iraq	Defeat
Second Battle of Fallujah (7 November – 23 December 2004)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunna 1920 Revolution Brigade Army of Mohammed Army of the Mujahedeen Secret Islamic Army of Iraq Other insurgents	United States Iraq United Kingdom	Defeat
Battle of Mosul (2004) (November 8–16, 2004)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq Ansar ul-Islam	United States Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Abu Ghraib (2 April 2005)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Defeat
Battle of Al Qaim (8 May 2005 – 19 May 2005)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Defeat
Operation Sayeed (July 2005–22 December 2005)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq Ba'ath Party Loyalists	United States Iraq	Defeat
Operation Steel Curtain (5–22 November 2005)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq	Defeat
Operation Swarmer (16 March 2006 – 22 March 2006)	al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Scorpion (24 March 2006 – 25 March 2006)	al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Larchwood 4 (16 April 2006)	al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq	United Kingdom United States Iraq	Defeat
Operation Mountain Thrust (15 May 2006 – 31 July 2006)			Partial Defeat
Operation Together Forward (14 June 2006 – 24 October 2006)	al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq al-Mahdi Army	United States Iraq	Victory
Battle of Ramadi (2006) (17 June 2006 – 15 November 2006)	al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council ^[1] –later reformed as: Islamic State of Iraq	United States Iraq	Indecisive
Islamic Army–al-Qaeda conflict (Summer 2006 – 6 June 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Mujahideen Shura Council(until October 2006) Al-Qaeda in Iraq	Islamic Army of Iraq 1920 Revolution Brigade Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna Hamas of Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Mountain Fury (16 September 2006 – 15 January 2007)	al-Qaeda Taliban	Afghan National Army Canada United States United Kingdom Netherlands Italy Estonia	Defeat
2006 Ramadan Offensive (23 September 2006 – 22 October 2006)	al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq later reformed as: Islamic State of Iraq	United States	Victory
Battle of Turki (15 November 2006 - 16 November 2006)	al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq	United States	Defeat
Diyala campaign (25 December 2006 – 1 October 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States New Iraqi Army Peshmerga	Defeat
Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Ansar Dine	Mauritania Tunisia Burkina Faso Nigeria United States Canada	Ongoing
Operation Murfreesboro (18 February 2007 – 2 March 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq	United States Iraq	Defeat
Operation Shurta Nasir (15 February 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Battle of Ras Kamboni (5 January 2007 – 12 January 2007)	Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Foreign fighters al-Qaeda	Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ethiopia United States	Defeat
Battle of Baqubah (10 March – 19 August 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Alljah (16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Phantom Thunder (16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraqi Army Revolution Brigade Peshmerga	Defeat
Operation Commando Eagle (21 June 2007 – 14 August 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Bull Run (24 June 2007 – 26 June 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Battle of Donkey Island (30 June 2007 – 1 July 2007)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq	United States	Defeat
Operation Phantom Strike (15 August 2007 – January 2008)	al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States	Defeat
Operation Phantom Phoenix (8 January 2008, – 28 July 2008)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq Georgia United Kingdom	Partial Defeat
Ninawa campaign (23 January 2008 – 28 July 2008)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq	Indecisive
2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq (15 April 2008 - 19 May 2008)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq	United States Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (28 June 2008 - 9 July 2008)	Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Al Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam	State of Pakistan	Defeat
Battle of Mogadishu (2009) (7 May 2009 – 1 October 2009)	Al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam Foreign Mujahideen Al-Qaeda	Somalia ARS-D-TFG coalition AMISOM	Partial victory
Operation Augurs of Prosperity (29 July 2008 – 11 August 2008)	al-Qaeda Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Wanat (July 13, 2008)	al-Qaeda Taliban	United States State of Pakistan	Defeat
Operation Rah-e-Nijat (19 June 2009 – 12 December 2009)	Tehrik-i-Taliban Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami (IMU splinter faction) Al Qaeda Foreign Mujahideen	State of Pakistan	Defeat
Battle of Bajaur (7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009)	al-Qaeda TTP Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi	State of Pakistan	Defeat
Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (April 2009 – December 2014)	al-Qaeda Taliban	United States Germany Afghanistan Belgium Sweden	Defeat
Second Battle of Swat (16 May 2009 – 15 July 2009)	al-Qaeda TTP Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Lashkar-e-Islam	State of Pakistan	Defeat
Operation Blow to the Head (13 January 2010 – 12 February 2010)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Yemen Houthis	Indecisive
Operation Moshtarak (13 February 2010 – 7 December 2010)	al-Qaeda Taliban	United States United Kingdom France Canada Afghanistan	Defeat
Battle of Mogadishu (2010–11) (23 August 2010 – 6 August 2011)	Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen Hizbul Islam* Foreign mujahideen al-Qaeda	ARS-D-TFG coalition AMISOM Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a^[2] limited involvement	Defeat
Battle of Gedo	al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab	Federal Government of Somalia Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a Ethiopia Kenya Defence Forces	Ongoing
Operation Neptune Spear (2 May 2011)	al-Qaeda	United States	Defeat
Siege of Homs (6 May 2011 – 9 May 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Free Syrian Army	Syria Hezbollah^[3] SSNP^[4]	Defeat
PNS Mehran attack (22 May 2011 – 23 May 2011)	TTP Al-Qaeda		Defeat
Battle of Zinjibar (27 May 2011 – 10 September 2011)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Shabaab	People's Committees (Yemen) Tribal fighters	Victory
Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011–March 2012) (8 September 2011 – 27 March 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham Free Syrian Army	Syria	Partial victory
Siege of Dammaj (15 October 2011 – 22 December 2011)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Houthis	Defeat
Battle of Aguelhok (17 January 2012 – 25 January 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb	National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Mali	Victory
Battle of Tessalit (18 January 2012 – 11 March 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb	National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Ansar Dine Mali	Victory
Battle of Dofas (4 March 2012 – 5 March 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Shabaab	People's Committees (Yemen)	Victory
Battle of Yurkud (2012) (10 March 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab		Defeat
2012 Abyan offensive (12 May 2012 – 15 June 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Shabaab Aden-Abyan Islamic Army	People's Committees (Yemen)	Defeat
Battles of Gao and Timbuktu (26 June 2012 – 27 June 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa Ansar Dine	Azawad National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad	Victory
Siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa (19 July 2012 – 3 February 2016)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah	Defeat
Lebanese–Syrian border clashes	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Free Syrian Army Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Hezbollah Lebanon	Ongoing
Rojava conflict	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ghuraba al-Sham Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army^[5] Kurds allied with groups of Euphrates Volcano since 12 September 2014 and Jaysh al-Thuwar.^[6] ^[7] Southern Front 13th Division Knights of Justice Brigade Syria Revolutionaries Front Jarabulus Brigade Syrian Turkmen Brigades Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham <	--Commented out:-->Al-Tawhid Brigade Jaysh al-Islam Ansar al-Sham Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Rojava^[8] Kurdish Supreme Committee Democratic Union Party People's Defense Units (YPG) Asayiş Democratic Union Party (Yekîtî) <	---->Kurdish National Council Jabhat al-Akrad (ex-FSA rebel allied brigade)^[9] Syriac Union Party <	--Commented out:-->Syriac Military Council (MFS) Sutoro Khabour Guards Kurdistan Workers' Party International Freedom Battalion^[10] ^[11] Marxist–Leninist Communist Party Liberation Army of the Workers and Peasants of Turkey Peoples' Liberation Army Arab tribesmen Al-Sanadid Forces Sharabiyya tribe (Ras al-'Ayn area) Zubayd tribe (Ras al-'Ayn area) Shammar tribe (Ya'rubiyah area)^[12] Operation Inherent Resolve ^[13] Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Army National Defense Force^[14] Syrian Arab Air Force Shabiha^[15] Sootoro	Ongoing
Siege of Menagh Air Base (2 August 2012 – 6 August 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front National Coalition Free Syrian Army Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Al-Tawhid Brigade Northern Storm Brigade	Syria	Victory
Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase (23 September 2012 – 9 September 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Army of Conquest Ahrar al-Sham Jund al-Aqsa Ajnad ash-Sham Katibat Turkistani Free Syrian Army (until late 2014)	Syria	Victory
Battle of Kismayo (2012) (28 September 2012 – 1 October 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab	AMISOM Kenya Defence Forces Raskamboni movement	Defeat
Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2012) (8 October 2012 – 13 October 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Farouq Brigades	Syria	Victory
Battle of Ras al-Ayn (8 November 2012 – 17 July 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ghuraba al-Sham	Syria Rojava YPG	Defeat
Battle of Menaka (16 November 2012 – 20 November 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa	MNLA Tuareg volunteers	Victory
Battle of Darayya (November 2012–March 2013) (15 November 2012 – 14 February 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham Free Syrian Army	Syria	Victory
Battle of Konna (10–18 January 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Ansar Dine Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa	Mali	Defeat
Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt (11 January 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab		Victory
Battle of Diabaly (14–21 January 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Ansar Dine	Mali	Partial Defeat
Battle of Safira (6 February 2013 – 19 February 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Syria	Victory
Battle of Safira (6 February 2013 – 19 February 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Syrian Coalition Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Front Damascus Military Council Ahrar al-Sham Kataib Hamza ibn Adulmutallib Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Liwa Al-Islam Al-Nusra Front^[16]	Syrian government Syrian Armed Forces PFLP – GC Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas	Partial Victory
Battle of Ifoghas (22 February 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb MOJWA	Chad	Defeat
Battle of Shadadeh (12–14 February 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Syria	Victory
Akashat ambush (4 March 2013)	al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq Al-Nusra Front	Syria Iraq	Victory
2013 Daraa offensive (3 March – 10 April 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic	Partial Victory
Battle of Raqqa (3 March 2013 – 6 March 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham Free Syrian Army Muntasir Billah Brigade Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Forces	Victory
Battle of Tigharghar (12 March 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb	Chad	Defeat
Second Battle of Timbuktu (20 March 2013 - 1 April 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb	Mali France	Defeat
Battle of Radda (29 March 2013 - 27 April 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Yemen People's Committees (Yemen)	Indecisive
Al-Qusayr offensive (2013) (4 April 2013 – 8 June 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham National Coalition Free Syrian Army Syrian Liberation Front Farouq Brigades Al-Tawhid Brigade	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Forces^[17] Popular Committees^[18] Hezbollah Supported by: Iranian IRGC	Defeat
2013 Hawija clashes (23 April 2013 – 26 April 2013)	al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq Iraqi Opposition Groups Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation Naqshbandi Army	Iraqi Government Iraqi Army Iraqi Police Peshmerga Sahwa militia	Victory
Battle of al-Qusayr (2013) (19 May 2013 – 5 June 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front National Coalition Free Syrian Army Syrian Liberation Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Forces Popular Committees Hezbollah Far-right volunteers (Black Lily) Supported by: Iranian IRGC	Defeat
Operation al-Shabah (20 May 2013 – 14 July 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq Free Iraqi Army	Iraqi Government	Indecisive
2013 Sidon clash (23–25 June 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Jund al-Sham Fatah al-Islam	Lebanese Army Hezbollah	Defeat
Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham ---- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Rojava^[19] Democratic Union Party (PYD) People's Defence Units (YPG) Asayiş Jabhat al-Akrad (ex-Free Syrian Army brigade)^[20] Free Syrian Army (since September 2014) Kurdistan Workers' Party^[21] Iraqi Kurdistan^[22] Syriac Union Party Syriac Military Council (MFS)^[23] Sutoro^[24] Arab tribesmen Sharabiyya tribe (Ras al-'Ayn area)^[25] Zubayd tribe (Ras al-'Ayn area) Shammar tribe (Ya'rubiyah area) Al-Sanadid Forces^[26]	Ongoing
2013 Latakia offensive (4–19 August 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham Junud al-Sham Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Harakat Sham al-Islam	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Resistance	Defeat
Battle of Ma'loula (4 September 2013 – 15 September 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Qalamoun Liberation front	Syrian Arab Republic: Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah	Defeat
Rif Dimashq offensive (September–November 2013) (10 September 2013 – 28 November 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Syrian Islamic Front	Syrian Arab Republic: Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah^[27] Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas^[28] Arab Nationalist Guard^[29]	Defeat
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013) (1 October 2013 – 1 December 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces^[30] ^[31] National Defense Force Hezbollah	Defeat
Battle of Sadad (21 October 2013 – 28 October 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Arab Republic: Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force	Defeat
Battle of Qalamoun (2013) (15 November 2013 – 26 April 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Green Battalion	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defence Force Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas(Iraqi militia)	Defeat
Battle of Murak (1 February – 23 October 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Sham Legion^[32] Free Syrian Army 13th Division (Syrian rebel group) Knights of Justice Brigade	Syrian Arab Republic	Defeat
Daraa offensive (February–May 2014) (3 February 2014 – 27 May 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard	Indecisive
Al-Otaiba ambush (26 February 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah	Defeat
2014 Idlib offensive (5 March 2014 – 25 May 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Jaysh al-Sham^[33] Sham Legion^[34]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Resistance	Victory
Battle of Hosn (20 March 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham	Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah	Defeat
2014 Latakia offensive (21 March 2014 – 15 June 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army^[35] ^[36] Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham Ansar al-Sham^[37] Supported by: Turkey^[38] United States^[39] ^[40] Junud al-Sham^[41] Harakat Sham al-Islam	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Suqur al-Sahara^[42] National Defense Force Syrian Resistance Ba'ath Brigades Hezbollah	Defeat
Battle of Markada (21–31 March 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front		Defeat
Battle of Al-Malihah (4 April 2014 – 14 December 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Jaysh al-Islam Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah	Defeat
Second siege of Wadi Deif (4 April 2014 – 14 December 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham Suqour al-Sham Free Syrian Army 13th Division (Syrian rebel group) Knights of Justice Brigade Sham Legion	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force	Victory
Battle of Dayet in Maharat (16 2014 –17 April 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb		Defeat
Operation Zarb-e-Azb (15 June 2014 – 3 April 2016)	al-Qaeda Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Turkistan Islamic Party Haqqani network	Islamic Republic of Pakistan Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Navy^[43] Special Forces Paramilitary forces ----^[44] Wilayat Khorasan Jundallah^[45] Tehreek-e-Khilafat Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan^[46]	Defeat
Operation Inherent Resolve	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar al-Sham----	Armed Forces Intelligence Community	Ongoing
2014 Hama offensive (26 July 2014 – 19 September 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front SRCC^[47] Free Syrian Army Islamic Front	Syria National Defense Force Iranian IRGC	Defeat
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict (8 July 2014 – 26 August 2014)	al-Qaeda Abdullah Azzam Brigades Gazan militant groups Hamas Islamic Jihad <	-- Per WP:INFOBOXFLAG, avoid flag icons in infoboxes --> DFLP^[48] PFLP^[49] PRC al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades^[50] Armament support:	Israel	Indecisive
Battle of Arsal (2014) (2 August 2014 – 7 August 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Syria National Defense Force Iranian IRGC Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces	Defeat
Operation Indian Ocean (16 August 2014 – 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab	Federal Government of Somalia Jubaland Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a AMISOM United States Supported by: EUTM Somalia	Defeat
2014 Quneitra offensive (27 August 2014 – 23 September 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front SRCC Free Syrian Army^[51] Islamic Front ---- UNDOF	Syria National Defense Force	Victory
American-led intervention in Syria	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Ahrar al-Sham	Armed Forces Intelligence Community	Ongoing
Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict (26 October 2014 – 1 March 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Free Syrian Army Syria Revolutionaries Front Hazzm Movement	Victory
2014 Idlib city raid (27 October 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Jund al-Aqsa	Syrian Arab Republic National Defense Force	Defeat
Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (1 November 2014 – 15 December 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Lions of Sunna Brigade First Corps (Syrian rebel group) Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army Southern Command (Syrian rebel group) Islamic Front Syria Revolutionaries Front	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army National Defence Force Hezbollah Iraqi Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada^[52] ^[53] Supported by: Iranian IRGC^[54]	Victory
2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen (26 November 2014 and 6 December 2014)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Yemen	Indecisive
Daraa offensive (January 2015) (24 January 2015 – 31 January 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Southern Front First Army Islamic Front	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army National Defence Force Hezbollah Iraqi Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada Supported by: Iranian IRGC	Victory
Battle of Bosra (2015) (21 March 2015 – 24 March 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic Muthanna Movement	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah^[55] Iranian IRGC Imam al-Hussein Brigade^[56]	Victory
Second Battle of Idlib (24 March 2015 – 28 March 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Army of Conquest Ahrar al-Sham Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Jund al-Aqsa Ajnad ash-Sham Farouq Brigades	Syria Hezbollah	Victory
2015 Idlib offensive (24 March 2015 – 5 April 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Army of Conquest Ahrar al-Sham Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Jund al-Aqsa Ajnad ash-Sham Farouq Brigades	Syria Hezbollah	Partial Victory
Siege of Al-Fu'ah-Kafriya (2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Army of Conquest Ahrar al-Sham Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Jund al-Aqsa Ajnad ash-Sham Farouq Brigades Free Syrian Army	Syria Hezbollah	Ongoing
Abyan campaign (March–August 2015) (26 March 2015 – 11 August 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ---- Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen)	Houthi fighters	Partial Defeat
Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015) (29 March 2015 – 15 April 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Houthi fighters---- Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen)	Defeat
Battle of Nasib Border Crossing (1 April 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army Free Syrian Army Hawks of the South	Syrian Arab Republic	Victory
Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) (1 April 2015 – 20 April 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Free Syrian Army	Syrian Armed Forces Palestine Liberation Army PFLP-GC Fatah al-Intifada^[57]	Partial Victory
Battle of Mukalla (2 April 2015 – 16 April 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ---- Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance	Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen)	Victory
Battle of Taiz (2015-2016) (15 April 2015 – 17 April 2016)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ---- Hadi government Security Forces (pro-Hadi) Islah fighters Popular Resistance (Yemen) People's Committees (Yemen) Foreign intervention (leader) Egypt Bahrain Jordan Kuwait Morocco Sudan United Arab Emirates	Houthi government Houthi fighters Security Forces (pro-Saleh) Republican Guard	Stalemate
Battle of Leego (2015) (26 June 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab	AMISOM Burundian Contingents	Strategical Victory
Aleppo offensive (July 2015) (2–7 July 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Fatah Halab^[58] Levant Front Free Syrian Army Ansar al-Sharia^[59] Jabhat Ansar al-Din Al-Tawhid Brigade Ansar al Khilafah Mujahideen al Islam Movement	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Ba'ath Brigades^[60] Al-Quds Brigades Hezbollah	Partial Victory
Battle of Zabadani (2015) (3 July – 24 September 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham Jaysh al-Islam Free Syrian Army Al-Zabadani Hawks Brigade	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces 4th Armoured Division National Defense Force Syrian Social Nationalist Party Palestine Liberation Army Hezbollah IRGC	Ceasefire
Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) (28 July – 28 August 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Jund al-Aqsa Katibat Turkistani^[61] Army of Conquest Ahrar al-Sham Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Ajnad ash-Sham Farouq Brigades Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Ajnad ash-Sham SRCC Free Syrian Army^[62] ^[63] Alwiya al-Furqan Army of Mujahedeen Junud al-Sham 1st Coastal Division 13th Division 101st Division Falcons of Mount Zawiya Brigade Knights of Justice Brigade Falcons of al-Ghab Islamic Front Ansar al-Sham Jabhat Ansar al-Din^[64] ^[65] ^[66] Katibat Tawhid wa Jihad (Uzbeks)^[67] ^[68] ^[69] Supported by: Qatar	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces 11th Tank Division 40th Tank Brigade 87th Brigade 155th Brigade Tiger Forces Cheetah Forces Brigade Special Forces 54th Regiment Republican Guard 106th Brigade Suqur al-Sahara National Defense Force Hezbollah Syrian Social Nationalist Party Syrian Resistance^[70] Liwa Fatemiyoun IRGC Quds Force	Victory
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (30 September 2015 – present )	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Army of Conquest:^[71] Ahrar al-Sham^[72] Turkistan Islamic Party^[73] Supported by: ^[74] ^[75] ^[76] Qatar^[77] Free Syrian Army^[78] Muslim Brotherhood Syrian Turkmen Brigades^[79] ^[80] Levant Front^[81] Islamic Front Supported by: ^[82] ^[83] ^[84] ^[85] ^[86] ----	Aerial combat Russian Federation Syrian Arab Republic ----Ground forces OSM (Russian security contractors)^[87] Syrian Arab Republic Supported by: Iraq^[88] Syrian Democratic Forces^[89] ^[90] ^[91] ^[92] Supported by:	Ongoing
Northwestern Syria offensive (October–November 2015) (7 October – 10 November 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Army of Conquest Jund al-Aqsa Katibat Turkistani SRCC Ahrar al-Sham Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Ajnad ash-Sham Farouq Brigades Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Ajnad ash-Sham Free Syrian Army 101st Infantry Division (Syrian rebel group) 1st Coastal Division 13th Division Jaysh al-Nasr Junud al-Sham Islamic Front Alwiya al-Furqan Jaysh al-Islam Jabhat Ansar al-Din Supported by: Qatar	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces 10th Tank Division 87th Brigade 7th Division 47th Tank Brigade 4th Assault Corps Syrian Republican Guard 106th Brigade National Defense Force Syrian Social Nationalist Party^[93] Syrian Resistance Liwa Fatemiyoun Hezbollah^[94] IRGC ----Air strikes Russian Federation Russian Air Force	Indecisive
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015) (16 October – 21 December 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Katibat Turkistani Caucasus Emirate^[95] SRCC Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Suqour al-Sham Brigade Ahrar al-Sham Army of Mujahedeen Kata'eb Thuwar al-Sham Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki Division 13 Sultan Murad Brigade Alwiya al-Furqan ----Support Qatar ---- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces 4th Armored Division 10th Armoured Division National Defence Forces Ba'ath Brigades^[96] Local Defense Forces^[97] ^[98] IRGC Quds Force IRGC Ground Forces Iranian-backed Shi'ite Militias Kata'ib Hezbollah^[99] Harakat al-Nujaba Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas^[100] Liwa Fatemiyoun^[101] Ammar Brigade^[102] Al-Badr Brigades Hezbollah Liwa Al-Quds^[103] ----Air strikes Russian Federation Aerospace Forces	Defeat
2015 Latakia offensive (15 October 2015 – 12 March 2016)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Turkistan Islamic Party Free Syrian Army 1st Coastal Division 1st Coastal Brigade 2nd Coastal Division Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham Ansar al-Sham ----Support (border shelling) (Armament for FSA)	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Republican Guard Commando Sea Regiment(Marines, Fouj Al-Mughawayr Al-Bahar) 103rd Brigade Suqur al-Sahara National Defence Forces Syrian Social Nationalist Party Hezbollah ----Air strikes Russian Federation Russian Air Force	Defeat
2015 Hama offensive (28 November – 15 December 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Jund al-Aqsa Army of Conquest Ahrar al-Sham Free Syrian Army Liwaa Suqour Al-Ghaab	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force ----Air strikes Russian Federation Russian Air Force	Defeat
Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar (2–3 December 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Hadi government Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen) Popular Resistance (Yemen)	Victory
Southern Abyan Offensive (2016) (20 February 2016)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Hadi government Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen) Popular Resistance (Yemen)	Victory

See also

• List of wars and battles involving ISIL

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