List of wars and battles involving al-Qaeda

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 Somalia and Yemen and has taken part in many battles and wars.

Wars

Ongoing

• War on Terror
• Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
  • Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
• Maghreb insurgency
• Northern Mali conflict
• Syrian Civil War
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Second Somali Islamist War
• Military intervention against ISIL
  • American-led intervention in Syria

Not Ongoing

• Soviet–Afghan War (from 1988)
• Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
• Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)
• 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 (2011–2014)
• Second Libyan Civil War

Battles

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
Battle of Kabul (1992–96) (April 28, 1992 – September 27, 1996)	Taliban (from late 1994) Al-Qaeda Supported by: Pakistan	Islamic State of Afghanistan Jamiat-e Islami Shura-e Nazar Jebh-e Nejat-e Melli Harakat-i-Inqilab Harakat-i Islami Ittehad-e Islami Hezb-e Islami Khalis (until mid-1992) Supported by: Saudi Arabia Hezb-i Wahdat (until Dec. 1992) Supported by: Iran Junbish-i Milli (until 1994) Supported by: Uzbekistan Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until late 1994) Khalqists Afghan Army Units (until late 1994) Hezb-i Wahdat (after Dec. 1992) Supported by: Iran Junbish-i Milli (Jan.–Aug. 1994) Supported by: Uzbekistan	Partial Victory
Battle of Mogadishu (1993) (3–4 October 1993)	Somali National Alliance Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya	United Nations  United States  Malaysia  Pakistan	Victory
Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–98) (22 May 1997 – 8 August 1998)	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban al-Qaeda 055 Brigade[1] Supported by: Pakistan[2] Saudi Arabia[3]	Abdul Malik Pahlawan's forces Hezbe Wahdat Jamiat-e Islami Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin Islamic Movement of Afghanistan Islamic State of Afghanistan (Northern Alliance) Junbish Jamiat-i Islami forces loyal to Ismail Khan[citation needed] Supported by: Iran[4] Russia[4] Uzbekistan[4]	Victory
Siege of Kunduz (11 November 2001 – 23 November 2001)	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban al-Qaeda IMU	Northern Alliance United States	Defeat
Fall of Kandahar (22 November – 7 December 2001)	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Taliban al-Qaeda	Gul Sharzai-led militia Islamic State of Afghanistan United States Australia	Defeat
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi (25 November 2001 – 1 December 2001)	Prisoners: Taliban al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan East Turkistan Islamic Party	Coalition: Northern Alliance United States United Kingdom	Defeat
Battle of Tora Bora (December 6, 2001 – December 17, 2001)	Al-Qaeda Taliban 055 Brigade[5] Turkistan Islamic Party Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi	Islamic State of Afghanistan United States United Kingdom Germany	Partial Defeat
Operation Anaconda (March 1–18, 2002)	Taliban al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan	Coalition: United States Australia Afghanistan United Kingdom Canada[6] Germany France Norway Netherlands[7] Denmark New Zealand	Defeat
Battle of Takur Ghar (4–5 March 2002)	Taliban Al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[8]	United States	Defeat
Operation Harpoon (2002) (March 13–19, 2002)	Taliban Al-Qaeda	United States Canada	Defeat
Operation Jacana (April, 2002–July, 2002)	Taliban Al-Qaeda	Coalition: United Kingdom United States Australia Norway	Defeat
Battle of Wana (March 16–23, 2004)	Al-Qaeda Pakistani Taliban	Pakistan	Defeat
First Battle of Fallujah (4 April – 1 May 2004)	Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Islamic Army in Iraq Ba'ath Party loyalists	United States	Victory
2004 Iraq KBR convoy ambush (April 9, 2004)	Mujahideen Shura Organization of Monotheism and Jihad Mahdi Army	United States  U.S. Army KBR, Inc.	Victory
Houthi insurgency in Yemen (18 June 2004 – 6 February 2015)	al-Qaeda Ansar al-Sharia[9]	Yemen Security Forces Sunni tribes Al-Islah militias Saudi Arabia Supported by: Jordan[10] Morocco[11] Houthi Movement Yemen (pro-Saleh forces) Alleged support by: Iran[12][13] North Korea[14][15][16]  Libya (until 2011)[17]	Victory
Battle of Samarra (2004) (October 1–3, 2004)	Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad Ba'ath Party loyalists[18]	United States Iraq	Defeat
Second Battle of Fallujah (7 November – 23 December 2004)	Al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic Army in Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah 1920 Revolution Brigades	United States Iraq United Kingdom	Defeat
Battle of Mosul (2004) (November 8–16, 2004)	Al-Qaeda in Iraq[19] Ansar al-Sunna[20] Islamic Army in Iraq[21] Ba'ath Party Loyalists[22] Brigades of the Army of the Mustafa[23] Army of the Conqueror[24] Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraqi Security Forces Peshmerga[25]	Defeat
Battle of Abu Ghraib (2 April 2005)	Iraqi insurgents: Al Qaeda in Iraq[26]	United States	Defeat
Battle of Al Qaim (8 May 2005 – 19 May 2005)	Al-Qaeda in Iraq[27] Others	United States	Defeat
Operation Sayeed (July 2005–22 December 2005)	al-Qaeda in Iraq Ba'ath Party Loyalists Ansar al-Sunna Other Insurgents	United States Multi-National Forces West Iraq New Iraqi Army Iraqi Police	Defeat
Operation Steel Curtain (5–22 November 2005)	Al-Qaeda in Iraq Other insurgents	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Swarmer (16 March 2006 – 22 March 2006)	Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents	United States MNF–I New Iraqi Army	Indecisive
Operation Scorpion (24 March 2006 – 25 March 2006)	al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents	US-led coalition, New Iraqi Army	Indecisive
Operation Larchwood 4 (16 April 2006)	Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq	United Kingdom United States (Support) Iraq (Support)	Defeat
Operation Mountain Thrust (15 May 2006 – 31 July 2006)	Taliban al-Qaeda	Coalition:  Afghanistan United Kingdom United States Canada Australia Romania Netherlands Czech Republic[28][29]	Partial Defeat
Operation Together Forward (14 June 2006 – 24 October 2006)	Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq al-Mahdi Army	United States Army British Army New Iraqi Army	Victory
Battle of Ramadi (2006) (17 June 2006 – 15 November 2006)	Mujahideen Shura Council al-Qaeda in Iraq[30] Later reformed as: Islamic State of Iraq[31]	United States United Kingdom New Iraqi Army	Indecisive
Islamic Army–al-Qaeda conflict (Summer 2006 – 6 June 2007)	Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq) Al-Qaeda in Iraq Kurdistan Brigades Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah Katbiyan Ansar al-Tawhid wal Sunnah Saray al-Jihad Group Al-Ghuraba Brigades Al-Ahwal Brigades from October 2006: Islamic State of Iraq	Anti-AQI Forces: Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunnah 1920 Revolution Brigade Hamas of Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Mountain Fury (16 September 2006 – 15 January 2007)	Taliban al-Qaeda	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Canada United States United Kingdom Netherlands Italy Estonia	Defeat
2006 Ramadan Offensive (23 September 2006 – 22 October 2006)	Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq United Kingdom Denmark El Salvador	Victory
Battle of Turki (15 November 2006 - 16 November 2006)	Islamic State of Iraq	United States	Defeat
Diyala campaign (25 December 2006 – 1 October 2007)	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq Peshmerga	Defeat
Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara (18 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)	Islamic militants al-Qaeda Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin MOJWA (until 2013) AQIM Al-Mourabitoun (until 2017) Ansar al-Sharia Macina Liberation Front Ansar Dine (until 2017) Boko Haram[32] (partially aligned with ISIL since 2015) Ansaru[32] ISIL Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (2015–present)[33] Islamic State – West Africa Province	Algeria  Morocco Mauritania Tunisia Burkina Faso  Chad  Mali  Niger Nigeria  Senegal Cameroon Togo Ghana Ivory Coast Benin Cape Verde Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Sierra Leone Supported and trained By:  United States Canada[34][35] France[36] Germany Netherlands[34] Spain[37] United Kingdom[38][39] Denmark[40] Czech Republic[41] Sweden[42]	Ongoing
Operation Murfreesboro (18 February 2007 – 2 March 2007)	Islamic state of Iraq	United States Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Shurta Nasir (15 February 2007)	Islamic State of Iraq	United States Iraqi Police Forces	Defeat
Battle of Baqubah (10 March – 19 August 2007)	Islamic State of Iraq	United States Iraq	Defeat
Operation Alljah (16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007)	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Phantom Thunder (16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007)	Islamic State of Iraq Mahdi Army Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraqi Army Revolution Brigade[43] Awakening Movement[44]	Defeat
Operation Commando Eagle (21 June 2007 – 14 August 2007)	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Bull Run (24 June 2007 – 26 June 2007)	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Battle of Donkey Island (30 June 2007 – 1 July 2007)	Islamic State of Iraq	United States	Defeat
Operation Phantom Strike (15 August 2007 – January 2008)	Islamic State of Iraq Mahdi Army [45] Other Iraqi insurgents	United States Iraq	Defeat
Operation Phantom Phoenix (8 January 2008, – 28 July 2008)	Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq Georgia United Kingdom	Partial Defeat
Ninawa campaign (23 January 2008 – 28 July 2008)	Islamic state of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States Iraq	Indecisive
2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq (15 April 2008 - 19 May 2008)	Islamic State of Iraq	United States Army New Iraqi Army	Indecisive
Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem (28 June 2008 - 9 July 2008)	TNSM Al Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam	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)	Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents	United States  Iraq	Defeat
Operation Rah-e-Nijat (19 June 2009 – 12 December 2009)	Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami (IMU splinter faction) Al-Qaeda Foreign Mujahideen	Pakistan	Defeat
Battle of Bajaur (7 August 2008 – 28 February 2009)	TTP Al-Qaeda TNSM	Pakistan	Defeat
Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (April 2009 – December 2014)	Insurgents Taliban al-Qaeda	Coalition Germany United States France  Afghanistan Belgium Sweden Norway Finland[46] Croatia[46]	Defeat
Second Battle of Swat (16 May 2009 – 15 July 2009)	TTP TNSM Al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam	Pakistan Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force	Defeat
Operation Moshtarak (13 February 2010 – 7 December 2010)	Taliban Al-Qaeda	ISAF United States United Kingdom France Estonia Denmark Canada Islamic Republic of Afghanistan	Defeat
Battle of Mogadishu (2010–11) (23 August 2010 – 6 August 2011)	Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen Hizbul Islam Alleged: al-Qaeda	Transitional Federal Republic of Somalia ARS-D-TFG coalition AMISOM Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a[47] Limited involvement: United States European Union	Defeat
Battle of Gedo	Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen	Federal Government of Somalia Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a	Ongoing
Operation Neptune Spear (2 May 2011)	al-Qaeda	United States	Defeat
Siege of Homs (6 May 2011 – 9 May 2014)	Syrian Opposition Free Officers Movement[N 1] Free Syrian Army[N 2] Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Government Hezbollah[48] SSNP[49] Russia [50]	Defeat
PNS Mehran attack (22 May 2011 – 23 May 2011)	TTP Al-Qaeda	Pakistan  Pakistan Navy	Defeat
Battle of Zinjibar (27 May 2011 – 10 September 2011)	Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Yemen Supported by: United States Saudi Arabia	Victory
Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011–March 2012) (8 September 2011 – 27 March 2012)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Ahrar al-Sham[51] Al-Nusra Front[52] Free Officers Movement (until 23 September 2011, when it joined the FSA)	Syrian Government	Partial victory
Battle of Aguelhok (17 January 2012 – 25 January 2012)	MNLA AQIM Ansar Dine	Mali 713th Nomad Company	Victory
Battle of Tessalit (18 January 2012 – 11 March 2012)	Mali Malian Army	Azawad MNLA Ansar Dine AQIM	Victory
Battle of Dofas (4 March 2012 – 5 March 2012)	Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Ansar al-Sharia	Yemen Supported by: United States	Victory
Battle of Yurkud (2012) (10 March 2012)	Al-Shabab	Ethiopia	Defeat
2012 Abyan offensive (12 May 2012 – 15 June 2012)	Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Ansar al-Sharia	Yemen Supported by: United States Saudi Arabia[53]	Defeat
Battles of Gao and Timbuktu (26 June 2012 – 27 June 2012)	Islamists MOJWA AQIM Ansar Dine Boko Haram	Azawad MNLA	Victory
Siege of Nubl and Al-Zahraa (19 July 2012 – 3 February 2016)	Free Syrian Army[54][55] Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[56]	Syrian Government Iran Russia (from late 2015) Allied militias: Hezbollah Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba	Defeat
2012–2017 Lebanon–Syria border clashes (13 years, 1 month, 4 weeks and 1 day)	Free Syrian Army[57] Saraya Ahl al-Sham [58] Al-Nusra Front Islamic State (2013–17) 313 Brigade (Syria)[59][60] Jaysh al-Islam[61] Ahrar al-Sham Al-Qaeda and allies: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (2017) [62][63] Fatah al-Islam (until 2014)[64] Ghuraba al-Sham (until 2013) Jund al-Sham (until 2014)[65] Abdullah Azzam Brigades[66][67] Osbat al-Ansar[68] Osbat al-Nour Sunni Resistance Committees[69]	Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Syria Syrian Armed Forces	Ongoing
Siege of Menagh Air Base (2 August 2012 – 6 August 2013)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Al-Nusra Front[70] Islamic State Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (JAMWA)[71]	Syrian Government	Victory
Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase (23 September 2012 – 9 September 2015)	Army of Conquest[72] Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham Jund al-Aqsa Ajnad ash-Sham Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria[73] Free Syrian Army (until late 2014)	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force	Victory
Battle of Kismayo (2012) (28 September 2012 – 1 October 2012)	Al-Shabaab	Kenya Defence Forces Raskamboni Movement Alleged: United States	Defeat
Battle of Maarat al-Numan (2012) (8 October 2012 – 13 October 2012)	Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Armed Forces	Victory
Battle of Ras al-Ayn (8 November 2012 – 17 July 2013)	Revolutionary Military Council of Hasaka Free Syrian Army[74] Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades[75] al-Nusra Front Ghuraba al-Sham[75] Supported by: Turkey[76]	Rojava (under the DBK) YPG YPJ (third phase)[77] Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces	Defeat
Battle of Menaka (16 November 2012 – 20 November 2012)	Islamist coalition AQIM MOJWA	Azawad MNLA Tuareg volunteers	Victory
Battle of Darayya (November 2012–March 2013) (15 November 2012 – 14 February 2013)	National Coalition Free Syrian Army Mujahideen Ahrar ash-Sham[78] Jabhat al-Nusra[79]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces	Victory
Battle of Konna (10–18 January 2013)	Islamists groups: Ansar Dine MOJWA AQIM Boko Haram	Mali France	Defeat
Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt (11 January 2013)	Al-Shabaab	France Supported by: United States	Victory
Battle of Diabaly (14–21 January 2013)	Islamists groups: Ansar Dine MOJWA AQIM Boko Haram	Mali France	Partial Defeat
Battle of Safira (6 February 2013 – 19 February 2013)	Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Armed Forces	Victory
Battle of Ifoghas (22 February 2013)	Ansar Dine MOJWA AQIM Boko Haram Al-Mulathameen	France Chad	Defeat
Battle of Shadadeh (12–14 February 2013)	Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces	Victory
Akashat ambush (4 March 2013)	Islamic State of Iraq[80][81]	Syrian Arab Republic Iraq	Victory
Battle of Raqqa (3 March 2013 – 6 March 2013)	Syrian Islamic Front Ahrar al-Sham Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front[82] Islamic State of Iraq[83]	Syrian Government	Victory
Battle of Tigharghar (12 March 2013)	AQIM	Chad	Defeat
Second Battle of Timbuktu (20 March 2013 - 1 April 2013)	AQIM	Mali France	Defeat
Battle of Radda (29 March 2013 - 27 April 2013)	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Ansar al-Sharia Islamic Emirate of Abyan other islamists groups	Yemen Military of Yemen People's Committees	Indecisive
Al-Qusayr offensive (2013) (4 April 2013 – 8 June 2013)	Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Syrian Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Armed Forces National Defense Forces[84] Popular Committees[85] Hezbollah Iran IRGC	Defeat
2013 Hawija clashes (23 April 2013 – 26 April 2013)	Naqshbandi Army Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Iraqi Government Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Sahwa militia	Victory
Battle of al-Qusayr (2013) (19 May 2013 – 5 June 2013)	Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Syrian Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah	Defeat
Operation al-Shabah (20 May 2013 – 14 July 2013)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Al-Nusra Front	Iraqi Government Iraqi Army Iraqi Air Force Iraqi Police	Indecisive
Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present) (12 years and 2 weeks)	al-Nusra Front (2013–17)[86] Ahrar ash-Sham[87] Jaysh al-Islam Free Syrian Army factions Mare' Operations Room (2014–16) Hawar Kilis Operations Room (since 2016) Syrian Turkmen Brigades[88] Fatah Halab (2015–17) Supported by Turkey (artillery strikes and arms)[89][90][91] Qatar (arms)[92][93][94] Saudi Arabia (arms)[95][96][97]	Syrian Democratic Forces And allied groups CJTF-OIR (airstrikes, arms, and ground troops) (from 2014) United States[98] Australia United Kingdom France[99] Netherlands United Arab Emirates[100][101][102] Saudi Arabia (from 2018)[103][102] Czech Republic[104] Iraqi Kurdistan[105] (limited involvement) Russia (until 2024)[106][107][108] Ba'athist Syria (until 2024)[109][110][111] Islamic State Military of IS Dokumacılar (2013–17)	Ongoing
2013 Latakia offensive (4–19 August 2013)	Al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Al-Nusra Front[112] Free Syrian Army Syrian Turkmen Brigades Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades Syrian Islamic Front Ahrar ash-Sham Ansar al-Sham Junud al-Sham[113] Harakat Sham al-Islam[114]	Syrian Arab Republic	Defeat
Battle of Ma'loula (4 September 2013 – 15 September 2013)	Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham[115]	Syrian government Syrian Social Nationalist Party[116] Hezbollah	Defeat
Rif Dimashq offensive (September–November 2013) (10 September 2013 – 28 November 2013)	Free Syrian Army Damascus Military Council Islamic Front (from 22 November) Jaysh al-Islam Ahrar ash-Sham Al-Nusra Front[117]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Hezbollah[118] Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas[119] LAAG[120] Arab Nationalist Guard[121]	Defeat
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013) (1 October 2013 – 1 December 2013)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement Islamic State	Syrian Government Hezbollah[122]	Defeat
Battle of Sadad (21 October 2013 – 28 October 2013)	Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Free Syrian Army	Syrian Government Syrian Social Nationalist Party	Defeat
Battle of Qalamoun (2013) (15 November 2013 – 26 April 2014)	Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Green Battalion Free Syrian Army Islamic Front	Syrian Government Allied militias: Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard	Defeat
Battle of Murak (1 February – 23 October 2014)	Syrian Opposition Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front Sham Legion[123] Liwa Aqab al-Islami	Syrian Government Hezbollah	Defeat
Daraa offensive (February–May 2014) (3 February 2014 – 27 May 2014)	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Ahrar ash-Sham Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard	Indecisive
Al-Otaiba ambush (26 February 2014)	Al-Nusra Front	Hezbollah Supported by: Syrian Arab Republic	Defeat
2014 Idlib offensive (5 March 2014 – 25 May 2014)	al-Nusra Front[124] Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Jaysh al-Sham[125] Sham Legion[126] Jund al-Aqsa Liwaa al-Umma	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force	Victory
Battle of Hosn (20 March 2014)	Jund al-Sham Ahrar ash-Sham Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah	Defeat
2014 Latakia offensive (21 March 2014 – 15 June 2014)	Al-Nusra Front Junud al-Sham Harakat Sham al-Islam Islamic Front Ahrar ash-Sham Ansar al-Sham Free Syrian Army Syrian Turkmen Brigades Supported by: Turkey< United States[127][128]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army Suqur al-Sahara National Defense Forces Syrian Resistance Ba'ath Brigades Hezbollah	Defeat
Battle of Markada (21–31 March 2014)	al-Nusra Front	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Barakah Province[129] Katiba al-Bittar al-Libi	Defeat
Battle of Al-Malihah (4 April 2014 – 14 December 2014)	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Jaysh al-Islam Al-Nusra Front[130]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah[131] LAAG[132] Liwa Fatemiyoun[133]	Defeat
Second siege of Wadi Deif (4 April 2014 – 14 December 2014)	Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Sham Legion Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Armed Forces National Defense Force	Victory
Battle of Dayet in Maharat (16 2014 –17 April 2014)	al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb	France	Defeat
Operation Zarb-e-Azb (15 June 2014 – 22 February 2017)	Insurgent groups Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan[134][135][136] Lashkar-e-Jhangvi East Turkestan Islamic Movement al-Qaeda Haqqani network[137] Cross-border attacking militants[138][139][140][141][142] Formerly: Lashkar-e-Islam (Rejoined TTP on 12 March 2015) Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (Rejoined TTP on 12 March 2015) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (Until Mid 2015) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[143] Wilayat Khorasan (from 2015) Jundallah[144] Tehreek-e-Khilafat Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[145]	Pakistan  Pakistan Army  Pakistan Air Force  Pakistan Navy[146] Special Forces ISI Covert Action Division SSW Pakistan Marines Elite Police Civil Armed Forces Pakistan Frontier Corps	Defeat
Operation Inherent Resolve (11 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day)	Islamic State[147][148][149] al-Qaeda al-Nusra Front (2014–17)[150] Khorasan group (2012–2017) Jund al-Aqsa[151] (2014–17)[152][153] Hurras al-Din (2018-2025) Turkistan Islamic Party[154] Islamic Front (2013-15) Ahrar ash-Sham (2014–18)[155] Syrian Salvation Government (2017-24) Tahrir al-Sham (2017–25)	United States U.S. Armed Forces	Ongoing
2014 Hama offensive (26 July 2014 – 19 September 2014)	Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Syrian Revolutionary Command Council[156] Islamic Front Ajnad al-Sham Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance	Syrian Arab Republic Iran	Defeat
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict (8 July 2014 – 26 August 2014)	Gaza Strip Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine[157] Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Popular Resistance Committees Abdullah Azzam Brigades[158] Jaysh al-Ummah[159]  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades[160]	Israel	Indecisive
Battle of Arsal (2014) (2 August 2014 – 7 August 2014)	Al-Nusra Front Islamic State	Lebanon Hezbollah Syrian Arab Republic	Defeat
Operation Indian Ocean (16 August 2014 – 2015)	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)	SRCC Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force UNDOF	Victory
American-led intervention in Syria (10 years, 10 months, 1 week and 1 day)	Islamic State (2013-present) al-Qaeda al-Nusra Front (2014–2017) Khorasan group (2014–2017) Rouse the Believers Operations Room (2018–2020) Hurras al-Din (2018–2025) Jund al-Aqsa (2014–17) Turkistan Islamic Party (2014-2025)	CJTF–OIR United States Turkey Free Syrian Army (2011–present) Supported by: United Kingdom France Former participants: Canada (2014–16) Bahrain (2014–16) Belgium (2014–17) Germany (2015–22)[161] Saudi Arabia (2014–2018)[162][163][164] United Arab Emirates (2014–2018)[165] Qatar (2014–16) Morocco (2014–16) Australia (2014–17)[166] Netherlands (2014–19)[167] Denmark (2016–23)[168][169] Italy (2018) Local ground forces Syrian Democratic Forces YPG YPJ Syriac Military Council Al-Sanadid Forces Euphrates Volcano (2014–15) Ba'athist Syria  Russia (until 8 December 2024) Hezbollah[170] Iran (until 6 December 2024) Supported by: Islamic Resistance in Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces Kata'ib Hezbollah (limited 2019 and 2021 strikes) Syrian Salvation Government (2017–2024) Ahrar al-Sham (Nov. 2014–2025 airstrikes, intentionality disputed) Tahrir al-Sham (2017–2025) Jaysh al-Sunna (2015–2017)	Ongoing
Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict (26 October 2014 – 1 March 2015)	Al-Nusra Front Jund al-Aqsa Ahrar al-Sham Levant Front[171] Supported by: Knights of Justice Brigade (alleged)[172]	Free Syrian Army Syrian Revolutionaries Front Hazzm Movement Syrian Salvation Front[173] Ansar Brigades[174][175]	Victory
2014 Idlib city raid (27 October 2014)	al-Nusra Front Jund al-Aqsa[176] Islamic State (alleged)[177] Supported by: Sleeper cells within the city	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force	Defeat
Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin (1 November 2014 – 15 December 2014)	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defence Force Hezbollah Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada[178] Supported by: Iranian IRGC	Victory
2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen ( 26 November 2014 and 6 December 2014)	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	United States Yemen	Indecisive
Daraa offensive (January 2015) (24 January 2015 – 31 January 2015)	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front[179] al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army National Defence Force Hezbollah Supported by: Iranian IRGC	Victory
Battle of Bosra (2015) (21 March 2015 – 24 March 2015)	Free Syrian Army Youth of Sunna Forces Islamic Muthanna Movement Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Army National Defense Force[180] Druze militias[citation needed] Hezbollah[180] Lions of Hussein Iranian IRGC[180] Imam Ali Brigades[181]	Victory
Second Battle of Idlib (24 March 2015 – 28 March 2015)	Army of Conquest[182] Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Ajnad ash-Sham Ajnad al-Kavkaz[183] Farouq Brigades	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah	Victory
2015 Idlib offensive (24 March 2015 – 5 April 2015)	Army of Conquest[184] Al-Nusra Front Freemen of the Levant Sham Legion Army of the Sunnah Truth Brigade Soldiers of al-Aqsa Soldiers of the Levant Strangers of the Levant Soldiers of the Caucasus Turkistan Islamic Party Farouq Brigades Xhemati Alban[185]	Syrian Government Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Arab Army National Defense Forces Hezbollah Russia[186]	Partial Victory
Siege of Al-Fu'ah-Kafriya (2015) (10 years, 4 months and 5 days)	Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (2017–18) Army of Conquest (2015–17)[187] Al-Nusra Front Jaysh al-Sunna Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria[188] Ajnad al-Sham Liwa al-Haqq Sham Legion (left the Army of Conquest in July 2016) Jund al-Aqsa[a] Ahrar ash-Sham (Syrian Liberation Front since February 2018) Free Syrian Army[189]	Syrian Arab Republic Iran Allied militias: Hezbollah[190][191] Quwat al-Ridha[192] Kata'ib Hezbollah	Ongoing
Abyan campaign (March–August 2015) (26 March 2015 – 11 August 2015)	AQAP	Supreme Political Council[193] Houthi fighters Yemeni Republican Guard Cabinet of Yemen Republic of Yemen Armed Forces People's Committees Popular resistance[194] Supported by: Southern Movement Arab coalition Saudi Arabia[195] (leader) Bahrain Egypt[196] Jordan Kuwait Morocco Sudan United Arab Emirates	Partial Defeat
Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015) (29 March 2015 – 15 April 2015)	Cabinet of Yemen Security Forces (pro-Hadi) Southern Movement People's Committees Popular resistance Supported by Arab Coalition Saudi Arabia[197] (leader) Bahrain Egypt[196] Jordan Kuwait Morocco Sudan United Arab Emirates AQAP	Supreme Revolutionary Committee[198] Houthi fighters Security Forces (pro-Saleh) Yemeni Republican Guard	Defeat
Battle of Nasib Border Crossing (1 April 2015)	Free Syrian Army al-Nusra Front[199]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force	Victory
Battle of Yarmouk Camp (2015) (1 April 2015 – 20 April 2015)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Nusra Front[200][201]	Jaysh al-Islam[202] Free Syrian Army Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis  Syrian Arab Republic Armed Forces Palestine Liberation Army[203] PFLP-GC[204] Fatah al-Intifada[203] PPSF[205]	Partial Victory
Battle of Mukalla (2 April 2015 – 16 April 2015)	Al-Qaeda AQAP	Yemen Army People's Committees Popular resistance Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance[206]	Victory
Battle of Taiz (2015-2016) (15 April 2015 - present)	Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula[207] Ansar al-Sharia	Supreme Revolutionary Committee/Supreme Political Council Houthi fighters Security Forces (pro-Saleh) (2015 – 2017) Republican Guard (2015 – 2017) Cabinet of Yemen Security Forces (pro-Hadi) Islah fighters People's Committees Popular resistance Salafist militias[208] (from late 2015) Arab Coalition: Saudi Arabia[209][210] (leader) Qatar (2015-17) Bahrain[211] Egypt[211][196] Jordan Morocco (2015-19) Sudan (2015-19) United Arab Emirates	Ongoing
Battle of Leego (2015) (26 June 2015)	Al-Shabaab	AMISOM Burundi	Strategical Victory
Aleppo offensive (July 2015) (2–7 July 2015)	Fatah Halab[212] Levant Front Free Syrian Army Ansar al-Sharia[213] al-Nusra Front[214] Jabhat Ansar al-Din Ansar al Khilafah[215] Mujahideen al Islam Movement Al Tawhid Wal Jihad Brigade	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Ba'ath Brigades[216] Al-Quds Brigade Hezbollah	Partial Victory
Battle of Zabadani (2015) (3 July – 24 September 2015)	Syrian Opposition Jaysh al-Haramoun[217][better source needed] Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham Free Syrian Army Islamic Front (Joined August 15)	Syrian Government Iran Syrian Social Nationalist Party[218] Hezbollah Al-Jabalawi Battalion[219] Palestine Liberation Army[220]	Ceasefire
Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) (28 July – 28 August 2015)	SRCC Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Alwiya al-Furqan Army of Mujahideen Supported by: Turkey Saudi Arabia Qatar Army of Conquest[221] Al-Nusra Front Ahrar al-Sham[222] Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Jund al-Aqsa Ajnad ash-Sham Ghuraba al-Sham Independent Jihadist groups: Imam Bukhari Jamaat[223] Ajnad al-Kavkaz[224] Junud al-Sham Jabhat Ansar al-Din[225] Turkistan Islamic Party[226][227][228] Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad[229][230][231]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Armed Forces National Defence Forces Hezbollah[232] Syrian Social Nationalist Party Syrian Resistance[233] Liwa Fatemiyoun Lions of Hussein Brigade[234] Supported by: Iran[citation needed] Quds Force IRGC	Victory
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (30 September 2015 – present (9 years and 10 months))	Islamic State Al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front (2013–2016) Jabhat Fath al-Sham (2016–2017) Jund al-Aqsa (2017–2018) Guardians of Religion (2018–2025)	Russia Iran Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian support: Armenia[235][236] Syrian Democratic Forces (2016[237][238][239]–2017[240]) Syrian opposition Syrian Salvation Government Tahrir al-Sham (2017–2025) Syrian Interim Government Free Syrian Army[241] Syrian National Army Supported by: Turkey[242][243][244] Qatar[245] Ukraine [246][247][248] United States (2015–2017)[249][250][251] Syrian Democratic Forces (2017–present)[252]	Indecisive
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015) (16 October – 21 December 2015)	SRCC Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Alwiya al-Furqan Army of Mujahedeen Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki (until late Jan. 2016)[253] Supported by: Turkey Saudi Arabia Qatar United States Al-Nusra Front Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria Caucasus Emirate	Syrian Arab Republic Iran Iranian-backed Shi'ite Militias Kata'ib Hezbollah[254] Harakat al-Nujaba Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas[255] Liwa Fatemiyoun[256] Al-Badr Brigades[257] Ammar Brigade LAAG[258] Hezbollah Air strikes: Russia Islamic State (since 23 Oct.)	Defeat
2015 Latakia offensive (15 October 2015 – 12 March 2016)	Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP) Katibat Jabal al-Islam[259] Supported by: Turkey	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Social Nationalist Party[260] Syrian Resistance Hezbollah LAAG[261] Lions of Hussein Brigade Russia (air strikes): Russian Air Force Military advisors	Defeat
2015 Hama offensive (28 November – 15 December 2015)	Jund al-Aqsa Army of Conquest Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham Free Syrian Army Army of Victory Falcons of al-Ghab	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Quwat al-Ghadab[262] Khaybar Brigade[263] Air strikes: Russia Russian Air Force	Defeat
Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar (2–3 December 2015)	al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Popular Committees and Popular resistance Southern Movement	Victory
Southern Abyan Offensive (2016) (20 February 2016)	Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen AQAP	Yemen People's Committees Popular resistance	Victory

See also

• List of wars and battles involving ISIL