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 Lebanon, Syria,Somalia and Yemen and has taken part in many battles and wars.

Wars

• War on Terror
• Soviet–Afghan War
• Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–92)
• Civil war in Afghanistan (1992–96)
• Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
• War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
• Civil war in Tajikistan
• Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
• Yemeni Civil War (2015)
• Maghreb insurgency
• Northern Mali conflict
• Iraq War
• Iraqi insurgency
• War in North-West Pakistan
• First Somali Islamist War
• Second Somali Islamist War
• Factional violence in Libya (2011–14)
• Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
• Syrian Civil War
• Military intervention against ISIL
  • American-led intervention in Syria

Battles

Battle	Allies	Opponents	Outcome
Battle of Kabul (1992–96)	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)	Al-Qaeda (Only strategist help by supreme strategist of Al-Qaeda Saif al-Adel) Somali National Alliance (SNA)	UNOSOM II  United States  Pakistan  Malaysia	Defeat
Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–98)	Al-Qaeda Taliban	Junbishi Forces Forces loyal to Ismail Khan	Victory
Siege of Kunduz	Taliban Al-Qaeda IMU	Northern Alliance  United States	Defeat
Battle of Kandahar (2001)	Taliban Al-Qaeda	Gul Sharzai-led militia Eastern Alliance  United States  Australia	Partial Defeat
Fall of Kandahar	Taliban Al-Qaeda	Gul Sharzai-led militia Eastern Alliance  United States  Australia	Defeat
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi	Taliban Al-Qaeda IMU	Northern Alliance  United States  United Kingdom	Defeat
Battle of Tora Bora	Taliban Al-Qaeda	United States  United Kingdom  Germany Northern Alliance	Partial Defeat
Operation Anaconda	Taliban insurgents Al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan	Coalition:  United States  Australia Afghan Army  United Kingdom  Canada  Germany  France  Norway  Denmark  Turkey  New Zealand	Defeat
Battle of Takur Ghar	Taliban Al-Qaeda	United States  Australia  Afghanistan  United Kingdom	Defeat
Operation Harpoon (2002)	Taliban Al-Qaeda	United States  Canada	Defeat
Operation Jacana	Taliban Al-Qaeda	United Kingdom,  United States,  Australia,  Norway	Defeat
Battle of Wana	al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan	State of Pakistan	Defeat
First Battle of Fallujah	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq Ba'athists Islamic Army of Iraq Mujahideen	United States  Poland (GROM) Blackwater	Victory
2004 Iraq KBR convoy ambush	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Victory
Houthi insurgency in Yemen	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Houthis	Yemen	Victory
Battle of Samarra (2004)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq	Defeat
Second Battle of Fallujah	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq Black Banner Organization Ansar ul-Islam Islamic Army of Iraq	United States  Republic of Iraq  United Kingdom	Defeat
Battle of Mosul (2004)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq Ansar ul-Islam	United States  Republic of Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Abu Ghraib	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Defeat
Battle of Al Qaim	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Defeat
Operation Sayeed	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq Ba'athists	United States  Republic of Iraq	Defeat
Operation Steel Curtain	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States  Republic of Iraq	Defeat
Operation Swarmer	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States  Republic of Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Scorpion	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States  Republic of Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Larchwood 4	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United Kingdom United States Iraq	Defeat
Operation Mountain Thrust	Al-Qaeda Taliban	United States Canada Afghan National Army United Kingdom Australia Romania Netherlands Czech Republic	Partial Defeat
Operation Together Forward	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq al-Mahdi Army Mujahideen Shura Council	United States  Republic of Iraq	Victory
Battle of Ramadi (2006)	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq Mujahideen Shura Council	United States  Republic of Iraq	Indecisive
Islamic Army–al-Qaeda conflict	al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq	Islamic Army of Iraq 1920 Revolution Brigade Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna Hamas of Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Mountain Fury	al-Qaeda Taliban	Afghan National Army  Canada  United States  United Kingdom  Netherlands  Italy  Estonia	Defeat
2006 Ramadan Offensive	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Victory
Battle of Turki	al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq	United States	Defeat
Diyala campaign	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States New Iraqi Army Peshmerga	Defeat
Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Ansar Dine	Morocco Mauritania Tunisia Burkina Faso  Chad  Mali  Niger Nigeria United States Canada	Ongoing
Operation Murfreesboro	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq	Defeat
Operation Shurta Nasir	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Battle of Ras Kamboni	Islamic Courts Union Pro-Islamist militias Foreign fighters al-Qaeda	Transitional Federal Government (TFG)  Ethiopia  United States	Defeat
Battle of Baqubah	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Alljah	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Phantom Thunder	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraqi Army Revolution Brigade Peshmerga	Defeat
Operation Commando Eagle	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Operation Bull Run	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States New Iraqi Army	Defeat
Battle of Donkey Island	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Defeat
Operation Phantom Strike	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States	Defeat
Operation Phantom Phoenix	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq Georgia United Kingdom	Partial Defeat
Ninawa campaign	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq	Indecisive
2008 al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq	Indecisive
Operation Sirat-e-Mustaqeem	Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Al Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam	State of Pakistan	Defeat
Battle of Mogadishu (2009)	Al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam Foreign Mujahideen Al-Qaeda	Somalia: ARS-D-TFG coalition AMISOM	Partial victory
Operation Augurs of Prosperity	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in Iraq	United States Iraq	Defeat
Battle of Wanat	al-Qaeda Taliban	United States State of Pakistan	Defeat
Operation Rah-e-Nijat	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	al-Qaeda TTP Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi	State of Pakistan	Defeat
Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan	al-Qaeda Taliban	United States Germany Afghanistan Belgium Sweden	Defeat
Second Battle of Swat	al-Qaeda TTP Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Lashkar-e-Islam	State of Pakistan	Defeat
Operation Blow to the Head	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Yemen	Houthis	Indecisive
Operation Moshtarak	al-Qaeda Taliban	United States  United Kingdom  France  Canada Afghanistan	Defeat
Battle of Mogadishu (2010–11)	Harakat al-Shabaab Mujahideen Hizbul Islam* Foreign mujahideen al-Qaeda	Republic of Somalia: ARS-D-TFG coalition AMISOM Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a[1] limited involvement:  United States[2]  European Union[2]	Defeat
Battle of Gedo	al-Qaeda Al-Shabab	Federal Government of Somalia Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a  Ethiopia Kenya Defence Forces	Ongoing
Operation Neptune Spear	al-Qaeda	United States	Defeat
Siege of Homs	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Free Syrian Army	Syria Hezbollah[3] SSNP[4]	Defeat
PNS Mehran attack	TTP Al-Qaeda	Pakistan	Defeat
Battle of Zinjibar	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Shabab	Yemen People's Committees (Yemen) Tribal fighters  United States	Victory
Idlib Governorate clashes (September 2011–March 2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham Free Syrian Army	Syria	Partial victory
Siege of Dammaj	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Houthis	Defeat
Battle of Aguelhok	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb	National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad	Mali	Victory
Battle of Tessalit	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb	Azawad National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Ansar Dine	Mali	Victory
Battle of Dofas	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Shabab	Yemen People's Committees (Yemen)	Victory
Battle of Yurkud (2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Shabab	Ethiopia	Defeat
2012 Abyan offensive	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Shabab Aden-Abyan Islamic Army	Yemen People's Committees (Yemen)	Defeat
Battles of Gao and Timbuktu	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	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	Hezbollah	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	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 ash-Sham Al-Tawhid Brigade Jaysh al-Islam Ansar al-Sham	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 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)[12] Zubayd tribe (Ras al-'Ayn area)[12] Shammar tribe (Ya'rubiyah area)[13] Operation Inherent Resolve  United States  Canada  Jordan  France [14]  Qatar  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain  Morocco  Saudi Arabia	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Army National Defense Force[15] Syrian Arab Air Force Shabiha[16] Sootoro	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing
Siege of Menagh Air Base	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front National Coalition Free Syrian Army Al-Tawhid Brigade Northern Storm Brigade	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syria	Victory
Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Army of Conquest Ahrar ash-Sham Jund al-Aqsa Ajnad ash-Sham Katibat Turkistani Free Syrian Army (until late 2014)	Syria	Victory
Battle of Kismayo (2012)	al-Qaeda Al-Shabab	AMISOM Kenya Defence Forces Raskamboni movement	Defeat
Battle of Maarrat al-Nu'man	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Farouq Brigades	Syria	Victory
Battle of Ras al-Ayn	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ghuraba al-Sham	Syria	Rojava YPG	Defeat
Battle of Menaka	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa	Azawad MNLA Tuareg volunteers	victory
Battle of Darayya (November 2012–March 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham Free Syrian Army	Syria	Victory
Battle of Konna	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Ansar Dine Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa	Mali  France	Defeat
Bulo Marer hostage rescue attempt	al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab	France	Victory
Battle of Diabaly	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Ansar Dine	Mali  France	Partial Defeat
Battle of Safira	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Syria	Victory
Battle of Safira	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Syrian Coalition Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Front Damascus Military Council Ahrar ash-Sham Kataib Hamza ibn Adulmutallib Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Liwa Al-Islam Al-Nusra Front[17]	Syrian government Syrian Armed Forces PFLP – GC Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas	Partial Victory
Battle of Ifoghas	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb MOJWA	Chad  France	Defeat
Battle of Shadadeh	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Syria	Victory
Akashat ambush	al-Qaeda Islamic State of Iraq Al-Nusra Front	Syria Iraq	Victory
2013 Daraa offensive	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army	Syrian Arab Republic	Partial Victory
Battle of Raqqa	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham Free Syrian Army Muntasir Billah Brigade Liwa Thuwwar al-Raqqa	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Forces	Victory
Battle of Tigharghar	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb	Chad	Defeat
Second Battle of Timbuktu	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb	Mali  France	Defeat
Battle of Radda	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Yemen People's Committees (Yemen)	Indecisive
Al-Qusayr offensive (2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Ahrar ash-Sham National Coalition Free Syrian Army Syrian Liberation Front Farouq Brigades Al-Tawhid Brigade	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Forces[18] Popular Committees[19] Hezbollah Supported by: Iranian IRGC	Defeat
2013 Hawija clashes	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)	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	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq Free Iraqi Army	Iraqi Government	Indecisive
2013 Sidon clash	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 ash-Sham	Rojava[20] Democratic Union Party (PYD) People's Defence Units (YPG) Asayiş Jabhat al-Akrad (ex-Free Syrian Army brigade)[21] Free Syrian Army (since September 2014)[22] Kurdistan Workers' Party[23] Iraqi Kurdistan[24] Syriac Union Party Syriac Military Council (MFS)[25] Sutoro[26] Arab tribesmen Sharabiyya tribe (Ras al-'Ayn area)[12] Zubayd tribe (Ras al-'Ayn area)[12] Shammar tribe (Ya'rubiyah area)[13] Al-Sanadid Forces[27]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing
2013 Latakia offensive	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Syrian Islamic Front Ahrar ash-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	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ahrar ash-Sham Qalamoun Liberation front	Syrian Arab Republic: Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah	Defeat
Rif Dimashq offensive (September–November 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ahrar ash-Sham Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Syrian Islamic Front	Syrian Arab Republic: Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah[28] Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas[29] Arab Nationalist Guard[30]	Defeat
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2013)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Ahrar ash-Sham Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces[31][32] National Defense Force[31] Hezbollah	Defeat
Battle of Sadad	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)	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	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Sham Legion[33] Free Syrian Army 13th Division (Syrian rebel group) Knights of Justice Brigade	Syrian Arab Republic	Defeat
Daraa offensive (February–May 2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Ahrar ash-Sham	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah Arab Nationalist Guard	Indecisive
Al-Otaiba ambush	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah	Defeat
2014 Idlib offensive	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Jaysh al-Sham[34] Sham Legion[35]	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Resistance	Victory
Battle of Hosn	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Ahrar ash-Sham	Syrian Arab Republic Hezbollah	Defeat
2014 Latakia offensive	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army[36][37] Islamic Front[38] Ahrar ash-Sham Ansar al-Sham[39] Supported by:  Turkey[40] United States[41][42] Junud al-Sham[43] Harakat Sham al-Islam	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Suqur al-Sahara[44] National Defense Force Syrian Resistance Ba'ath Brigades[44] Hezbollah[36]	Defeat
Battle of Markada	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Defeat
Battle of Al-Malihah	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	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Ahrar ash-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	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb	France	Defeat
Operation Zarb-e-Azb	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[45] Special Forces SSG SSGN SSW Pakistan Marines Elite Police Paramilitary forces Pakistan Rangers	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[46] Wilayat Khorasan Jundallah[47] Tehreek-e-Khilafat[46] Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[48]	Defeat
Operation Inherent Resolve	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan	United States of America Armed Forces Intelligence Community	Ahrar ash-Sham	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing
2014 Hama offensive	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front SRCC[49] Free Syrian Army[49] Islamic Front	Syria National Defense Force Iranian IRGC	Defeat
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict	al-Qaeda Abdullah Azzam Brigades Gazan militant groups Hamas Islamic Jihad DFLP[50] PFLP[51] PRC[50] al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades[52] Armament support:  Iran	Israel	Indecisive
Battle of Arsal (2014)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syria National Defense Force Iranian IRGC	Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces	Defeat
Operation Indian Ocean	al-Qaeda Al-Shabaab	Federal Government of Somalia Jubaland Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a AMISOM  United States Supported by: EUTM Somalia	Ongoing
2014 Quneitra offensive	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front SRCC Free Syrian Army[53] Islamic Front	UNDOF	Syria National Defense Force	Victory
American-led intervention in Syria	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan	Ahrar ash-Sham	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	United States of America Armed Forces Intelligence Community	Ongoing
Al-Nusra Front–SRF/Hazzm Movement conflict	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front	Free Syrian Army[54] Syria Revolutionaries Front Hazzm Movement	Victory
2014 Idlib city raid	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Jund al-Aqsa  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Arab Republic National Defense Force	Defeat
Battle of Al-Shaykh Maskin	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[55] Iraqi Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada[56][57] Supported by: Iranian IRGC[57][58]	Victory
2014 hostage rescue operations in Yemen	al-Qaeda al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Yemen  United States	Indecisive
Daraa offensive (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)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Free Syrian Army Islamic Muthanna Movement	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defense Force Hezbollah[59] Iranian IRGC[59] Imam al-Hussein Brigade[60]	Victory
Second Battle of Idlib	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Army of Conquest Ahrar ash-Sham Sham Legion Jaysh al-Sunna Liwa al-Haqq Jund al-Aqsa Ajnad ash-Sham Farouq Brigades	Syria Hezbollah	Victory
2015 Idlib offensive	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Army of Conquest Ahrar ash-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 ash-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)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Houthi fighters	Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen)	Partial Defeat
Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Houthi fighters	Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen)	Defeat
Battle of Nasib Border Crossing	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)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Free Syrian Army	Free Syrian Army Jaysh al-Islam Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis	Syrian Armed Forces Palestine Liberation Army PFLP-GC Fatah al-Intifada[61]	Partial Victory
Battle of Al Mukalla	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Hadhramaut Tribal Alliance	Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen)	Victory
Battle of Taiz (2015-present)	al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula	Houthi government Houthi fighters Security Forces (pro-Saleh) Republican Guard	Hadi government Security Forces (pro-Hadi) Islah fighters Popular Resistance People's Committees (Yemen) Foreign intervention  Saudi Arabia (leader)  Bahrain  Egypt  Jordan  Kuwait  Morocco  Sudan  United Arab Emirates	Ongoing
Battle of Leego (2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Shabab	AMISOM	Indecisive
Aleppo offensive (July 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Fatah Halab[62] Levant Front Free Syrian Army Ansar al-Sharia[63] 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[64] Al-Quds Brigades[64] Hezbollah	Partial Victory
Battle of Zabadani (2015) (3 July – 24 September 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Islamic Front Ahrar ash-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  Islamic Republic of Iran IRGC	Ceasefire
Al-Ghab offensive (July–August 2015) (28 July – 28 August 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Khorasan Jund al-Aqsa Katibat Turkistani[65] Army of Conquest Ahrar ash-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[66][67] Alwiya al-Furqan[67] Army of Mujahedeen[67] Junud al-Sham[67] 1st Coastal Division 13th Division[67] 101st Division Falcons of Mount Zawiya Brigade Knights of Justice Brigade[67] Falcons of al-Ghab Islamic Front[67] Ansar al-Sham Jabhat Ansar al-Din[68][69][70] Katibat Tawhid wa Jihad (Uzbeks)[71][72][73] Supported by:  Republic of Turkey  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  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[55] Syrian Social Nationalist Party Syrian Resistance[74] Liwa Fatemiyoun  Islamic Republic of Iran IRGC Quds Force	Victory
Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War (30 September 2015 – present (7 months and 1 day))	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Army of Conquest:[75] Ahrar ash-Sham[76] Turkistan Islamic Party[77] Supported by:  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia[78][79]  Republic of Turkey[80][81]  Qatar[79]	Free Syrian Army[67] Muslim Brotherhood[82] Syrian Turkmen Brigades[83][84] Levant Front[82] Islamic Front Supported by:  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia[78][85]  Republic of Turkey[86]  United States of America[87][88][89]^[a]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Aerial combat  Russian Federation  Syrian Arab Republic Ground forces OSM (Russian security contractors)[90]  Syrian Arab Republic  Islamic Republic of Iran Supported by:  Iraq[91]	Syrian Democratic Forces[92][93][94][95] Supported by:  United States of America	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 ash-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[66][67] 101st Infantry Division (Syrian rebel group) 1st Coastal Division 13th Division Jaysh al-Nasr Junud al-Sham[67] Islamic Front[67] Alwiya al-Furqan[67] Jaysh al-Islam Jabhat Ansar al-Din Supported by:  Republic of Turkey  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  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[96] Syrian Resistance[74] Liwa Fatemiyoun Hezbollah[97]  Islamic Republic of Iran IRGC Air strikes:  Russia Russian Air Force	Indecisive
Aleppo offensive (October–December 2015) (16 October – 21 December 2015)	al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front Katibat Turkistani Caucasus Emirate[98] SRCC Free Syrian Army Islamic Front Suqour al-Sham Brigade Ahrar ash-Sham Army of Mujahedeen Kata’eb Thuwar al-Sham Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki[38] Division 13 Sultan Murad Brigade Alwiya al-Furqan Support  Republic of Turkey  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  Qatar  United States of America	Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces 4th Armored Division 10th Armoured Division National Defence Forces Ba'ath Brigades[99] Local Defense Forces[100][101]  Islamic Republic of Iran IRGC Quds Force IRGC Ground Forces Iranian-backed Shi'ite Militias Kata'ib Hezbollah[102] Harakat al-Nujaba[102] Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas[103] Liwa Fatemiyoun[104] Ammar Brigade[105] Al-Badr Brigades Hezbollah Liwa Al-Quds[106] Air strikes:  Russia Aerospace Forces	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	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 ash-Sham Ansar al-Sham Support  Republic of Turkey (border shelling)  United States of America (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 ash-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	Republic of Yemen 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	Republic of Yemen Yemen Army People's Committees (Yemen) Popular Resistance (Yemen)	Victory

References

1. "À Mogadiscio, l'Union africaine contient l'offensive shebab mais reste menacée – Le Point". Le Point. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
2. "The Second Battle for Mogadishu | FrontPage Magazine". Frontpagemag.com. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
3. "Iran's Hizbullah sends more troops to help Assad storm Aleppo, fight Sunnis". World Tribune. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
4. "The SSNP ‘Hurricane’ in the Syrian Conflict: Syria and South Lebanon Are the Same Battlefield". Al Akhbar English. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
5. "Syria rebels, Kurdish militia discuss cease-fire". CNN. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
6. "YPG and FSA launch joint military operations against Islamic State in northern Syria". ARA News. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
7. "A new dialogue and collaboration in northern Syria between kurds and rebels". The Arab Chronicle. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
8. "PYD Announces Surprise Interim Government in Syria’s Kurdish Reg". Rudaw. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
9. "Al-Qaeda suffered heavy losses against the Kurdish forces". Retrieved 24 October 2014.
10. "Internationalist Freedom Brigade Established in Rojava". Kurdish Question. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
11. Moore, Harriet (11 June 2015). "OSINT Summary: Pro-Kurdish foreign fighters group established in Syria". Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
12. Haras, Nicholas A. (24 October 2013). "The Battle for Syria’s Al-Hasakah Province". Combating Terrorism Center. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
13. van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (13 December 2013). "Kurdish Strategy Towards Ethnically-Mixed Areas in the Syrian Conflict". Terrorism Monitor (Jamestown Foundation) 11 (23). Retrieved 14 January 2014.
14. http://www.france24.com/en/20151012-france-pm-valls-terrorists-have-no-passports-air-strikes-french-jihadists-syria
15. "The Tribal Factor in Syria's Rebellion". Fair Observer. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
16. "ANALYSIS The Kurds and the Syrian Revolution". Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
17. Yezdani, İpek (2 September 2012). "Rebels fighting against al-Assad rule fragmented, disorganized in Syria" (PDF). Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
18. "Syria: National Defense Forces at Forefront of Qusayr Fighting". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
19. "The Counter-Insurgency Role of Syria's "Popular Committees"". Fair Observer. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
20. "PYD Announces Surprise Interim Government in Syria’s Kurdish Regions". Retrieved 21 September 2014.
21. "Al-Qaïda subit de lourdes pertes face aux forces kurdes". Retrieved 21 September 2014.
22. "YPG and FSA launch joint military operations against Islamic State in northern Syria". ARA News. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
23. "Meet the PKK 'Terrorists' Battling the Islamic State on the Frontlines of Iraq". Vice News. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
24. "Peshmerga fighters 'heavily shelling' IS jihadists in Kobane". Yahoo News. 4 November 2014.
25. "Qandil Post report from Tal Hamis frontline". Retrieved 21 September 2014.
26. "Bürgerkrieg : Die Christen in Syrien ziehen in die Schlacht - Nachrichten Politik". Die Welt. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
27. "Kurds deny ethnically cleansing Arabs". mmedia.me. 3 June 2015.
28. "Syrie: l'armée et le Hezbollah reprennent une nouvelle localité près de Damas - L'Orient-Le Jour". Lorientlejour.com. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
29. Blanford, Nicholas (18 January 2013). "Video appears to show Hezbollah and Iraqi Shiites fighting in Syria". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
30. فيديو: الجيش النظامي السوري يعزز سيطرته على دمشق ومحيطها France 24, 22 January 2014
31. Par: rédaction 3/10/13 - 15h25  Source: Belga (2013-10-03). "L'armée reprend une localité clé pour Alep". 7SUR7.be. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
32. Syria air force strikes rebels near Damascus, Aleppo: NGO Al Ahram (AFP), 22 October 2013
33. "The Sham Legion: Syria’s Moderate Islamists". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
34. "The new face of the Syrian rebellion". The Arab Chronicle. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
35. "The Sham Legion: Syria’s Moderate Islamists". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
36. تاريخ النشر: 30 March 2014, 12:16 am (30 March 2014). "Ten regime fighters killed while trying to capture Observatory 45". Akhbar.alaan.tv.
37. "Fear and loathing descending on Latakia". The Daily Star. Lebanon.
39. La chronique de Nagib AOUN (21 March 2014). "Syrie: combats féroces autour d'un point de passage avec la Turquie". Lorientlejour.com.
40. "Turkey downs Syria warplane on border". Al Arabiya.
41. "'Syria rebels get US-made missiles'". AFP. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
42. "Congress secretly approves U.S. weapons flow to 'moderate' Syrian rebels". Reuters. Retrieved Jan 27, 2014.
43. Bill Roggio (27 March 2014). "Chechen al Qaeda commander, popular Saudi cleric spotted on front lines in Latakia". Longwarjournal.org.
44. Jawad, Aymenn (26 April 2014). "Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi – The Latakia Front". Brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk.
45. Saleem, Farukh (14 October 2014). "India disappointed by Zarb-e-Azb’s success". The News International, editorial. The News International. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
46. "ISIS Now Has Military Allies in 11 Countries – NYMag". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
47. "Pakistan Taliban splinter group vows allegiance to Islamic State". Reuters. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
48. "IMU Declares It Is Now Part Of The Islamic State". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
49. Syria Update: June 25 - August 7, 2014
50. "Qassam brigades claim rocket, mortar fire at southern Israel", Ma'an News Agency, Monday 21 July 2014.
51. "Abu Jamal: Palestinian resistance continues to confront the occupier with rockets and missiles". PFLP. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
52. "Armed wing linked to Mahmoud Abbas's faction says it shot rockets at Ashkelon, Sderot and elsewhere Wednesday night". Retrieved 20 October 2014.
53. "Charles Lister: 5-9-2014". Twitter. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
55. "A military leader in Hezbollah killed in al- Sheikh Meskin clashes". SOHR. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
56. [syriadirect.org/rss/1722-syria-direct-news-update-12-3-14 SYRIA DIRECT: NEWS UPDATE 12-3-14]
57. "Syria Update: November 25 - December 02, 2014". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
58. "Elijah J. Magnier on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
59. ROMAN-ERA TOWN FALLS TO REBELS
60. "archicivilians on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
61. Leith Fadel (April 6, 2015). "Complete Report from the Yarmouk Camp; Palestinian Resistance on the Offensive". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
62. "Infographic: "Fatah Halab" Military Operations Room – Coalition of 31 Rebel factions". Archicivilians. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
63. "Rebel and Islamist groups form (another) op room "Ansar Al-Shariah" to take Aleppo city and its countryside". Reddit. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
64. "Pro-regime Sunni fighters in Aleppo defy sectarian narrative". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
65. Weiss, Caleb (August 9, 2015). "Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria takes part in battle for the Al Ghab plain". Long War Journal.
66. Joscelyn, Thomas (25 April 2011). "Al Qaeda, jihadist allies declare victory over Syrian regime in key city". The Long War Journal. Retrieved 25 April 2015. In addition to Al Nusrah and al Qaeda-linked jihadist groups, fighters associated with the Free Syrian Army also took part in the battle.
67. "Syrian Rebellion Obs on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
68. "Second Idlib Stronghold Falls to Jabhat al-Nusra and Rebel Forces". Institute for the Study of War. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
69. Weiss, Caleb (23 April 2015). "Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria involved in new Idlib offensive". Long War Journal.
70. "karakur-fethisi". Internet Archive. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
71. Idlibga oid so'ngi qishloqlardagi janglar - Идлибга оид сўнги қишлоқлардаги жанглар. YouTube. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
72. Tel Vosit qishlog'idagi amaliyot - Тел Восит қишлоғидаги амалиёт. YouTube. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
73. Sahl al G'ob mintaqasidagi fathlari - Саҳл ал Ғоб минтақасидаги фатҳлар. YouTube. Aug 12, 2015. Retrieved Aug 12, 2015.
74. "The Military Situation in Idlib Province - Syria - April 29, 2015". archicivilians. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
75. "US and Russian military to hold urgent talks over Syria crisis after Putin defies West". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
76. Leith Fadel (30 September 2015). "Russian Air Force Pounds Al-Qaeda in Latakia and Hama". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
77. "Russian strikes kill 18, wound dozens, according to Syrian opposition". Fox News.
78. Tom Kutsch (8 October 2015). "Gulf states increase arms to Syrian rebels in counter to Russia airstrikes". Al Jazeera America. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
79. Gareth Porter (28 May 2015). "Gulf allies and 'Army of Conquest'". Al-Ahram Weekly.
80. Kim Sengupta (12 May 2015). "Turkey and Saudi Arabia alarm the West by backing Islamist extremists the Americans had bombed in Syria". The Independent.
81. "'Army of Conquest' rebel alliance pressures Syria regime". Yahoo News. 28 April 2015.
82. "Syrian rebel groups call for unity, attacks on Russia". Deutsche Welle. 5 October 2015.
83. "Who are the Turkmen in Syria?". BBC. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
84. "Syrian rebels fired on parachuting Russian pilots, killing at least one after Turkey shot down warplane: official". National Post. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
85. "Saudi Arabia just replenished Syrian rebels with one of the most effective weapons against the Assad regime". Business Insider. 9 October 2015.
86. "Turkey supports Free Syrian Army". Anadolu Agency. 25 October 2014.
87. "U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria into Proxy War With Russia". The New York Times. 12 October 2015.
88. "US drops ammunition to rebels fighting ISIL in Syria". Al Jazeera. 13 October 2015.
89. "U.S. weapons reaching Syrian rebels". Washington Post. September 11, 2013.
90. Thomas Grove (18 December 2015). "Up to Nine Russian Contractors Die in Syria, Experts Say". WSJ. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
91. "Isis in Iraq: Shia leaders want Russian air strikes for battle against militant threat". The Independent. 21 October 2015.
92. "Syrian Kurds use Russian and US support to make rapid advances". Middle East Eye. 17 February 2016.
93. "Russian support for PKK's Syrian arm PYD". Anadolu Agency.
94. "Kurds attack Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces with Russian help". i24 News. 28 November 2015.
95. "YPG advances near Turkey’s border". Rudaw Media Network. 28 November 2015.
96. Leith Fadel. "Islamist Rebels Announce the 2nd Phase of Their Wide-Scale Offensive in Hama". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
97. "Syrian army, Russian jets target rebels in western Syria". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
99. Leith Fadel. "News Alert: Syrian Army and Hezbollah Advance to Al-Shughaydilah in Southern Aleppo". Al-Masdar News.
100. "Meet the LDF, Syria’s new faction operating in Aleppo". Syria Report. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
101. News Desk. "Hundreds of Syrian volunteers backed by Iraq and Iran, take the lead for #Aleppo". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
102. Leith Fadel. "Two Brigades of Kata'eb Hezbollah Arrive in Aleppo Amid the Presence of General Suleimani". Al-Masdar News.
103. Leith Fadel. "More Iraqi Paramilitary Arrive in Aleppo Under Orders from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard". Al-Masdar News.
104. Leith Fadel (2 November 2015). "Syrian Army and Hezbollah Make Huge Gains in Southern Aleppo: Military Operations Begin in Al-Hadher". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
105. "گزارش جنگ سوریه عراق". Twitter. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
106. Leith Fadel. "Breaking: Syrian Army Reopens the Ithriyah-Salamiyah Road in East Hama After Defeating ISIS". Al-Masdar News. Retrieved 25 October 2015.