The Assyrians and Hittites were then left in the field to battle over control over eastern and southern Anatolia and colonial territories in Syria.

Ptolemy Philometor, who was Alexander's father-in-law, went over to his side, and Alexander was defeated in the battle of Antioch ( 145 BC ) in Syria, sometimes known as the battle of the Oenoparus.

Equipment from the Soviet Union is being progressively replaced by more modern U. S., French, and British equipment, a significant portion of which is built under license in Egypt, such as the M1A1 Abrams tank which makes Egypt the owner of the second largest number of latest generation main battle tanks in the region after Israel, and the second after Syria in case of the older generations.

The saga of Harold Hardrada narrates his expedition to the East, his brilliant exploits in Constantinople, Syria, and Sicily, his skaldic accomplishments, and his battles in England against Harold Godwinson, the son of Earl Godwin, where he fell at Stamford Bridge in 1066 only a few days before Harold himself fell at the battle of Hastings.

From 616 until 628 Syria was subjugated under the Persian Khosrau II ; from 628 to 637 it was Byzantine, when the province was conquered by the Muslims ( after the battle of the Yarmuk in 636. see Battle of Yarmuk ).

* 1274 BC — The Battle of Kadesh ( or Battle of Qadesh ) in Syria, regarded as the largest ( 5 – 6, 000 ) chariot vs. chariot battle in antiquity.

That same month, pressure on him to act by Syria, Saudi Arabia, and the PLO, as well as the general Arab populace, mounted after an aerial battle between Syria and Israel resulted in the downing of six Syrian planes.

Cestius Gallus, the legate of Syria, was defeated at the battle of Beth-Horon and forced to retreat from Jerusalem.

However, Demetrius Poliorcetes wins a battle over Ptolemy's forces and Antigonus enters Syria in force.

Again he occupied Syria, and again — after only a few months, when Demetrius had won a battle over his general, and Antigonus entered Syria in force — he evacuated it.

Ptolemy now had an opportunity to invade Syria, where he defeated Demetrius, the son Antigonus, in the battle of Gaza in 312 BC.

After the battle, Syria was placed under Seleucus ' rule.

In 145 BC he died of battle wounds received against Alexander Balas of Syria.

On the evidence of Lucian, the Parthians still held the southern, Roman bank of the Euphrates ( in Syria ) as late as 163 ( he refers to a battle at Sura, which is on the southern side of the river ).

Alexander Balas died in battle against Demetrius II of Syria in 145 BC.

This allowed the PLA to seize seven US-made M48A5 main battle tanks ( MBTs ) and a number of Staghound armoured cars, AMX-13 light tanks and M113 APCs for its own armoured corps, further strengthened in 1985 with the arrival of some 70 T-54 / 55 MBTs, BTR-152, BTR-60 and BMP-1 APCs supplied on loan by Syria and the USSR, which they employed in the War of the Camps waged that same year against Nasserite and PLO militias in west Beirut.

Following the provision of mandate to France and Britain at San Remo in April, the British appointed a High Commissioner in Palestine with a remit over the area west of the Jordan, and the French ended the Kingdom of Syria at the battle of Maysalun.

This eventually led to a reestablishment of the PLF, as the organization broke apart after Jibril's PFLP-GC had followed Syria into battle against the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) in 1976, during the Lebanese Civil War.

Belisarius ' rapid response foiled the plan, and his troops pushed the Persians out of Syria through skillful maneuvering before forcing a battle.

The direct outcome of the battle was something of a stalemate ; the Byzantine army had lost many soldiers and would not be in fighting condition for months, but the Persians had taken such heavy losses that it was useless as to its original purpose, the invasion of Syria.

This pivotal battle marked the western limit for Mongol expansion, as the Mongols were never again able to make any serious military advances farther than Syria.

* 46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato ( Cato the Younger ) in the battle of Thapsus.

* 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek – Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.

* 1918 – Battle of Ambos Nogales: U. S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas and their German advisors in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.

* 1862 – American Civil War: the Confederate ironclad is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

* 1898 – Spanish – American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.

* 1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China.

* 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle.

* 1457 BC – Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.

* 1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.

* 982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria

* 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth.

* 1965 – Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins – United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.

* 1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years ' War between Great Britain and France.

During the Invasion of the Kuril Islands, Akira Nakamura ( b. 1897 ) was captured by the Soviet army and his elder son Takeshi Nakamura ( 1925 – 1945 ) was killed in the battle.

* 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun – German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.

* 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.

* 1778 – American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

* 1922 – Battle of Dumlupinar: the final battle in the Greek-Turkish War (" Turkish War of Independence ").

* Blóðughadda ( the one with blood-red hair – the color of the waves after a naval battle )

* 1848 – American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.