List of wars involving Lebanon

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Lebanon.

War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Syria–Lebanon campaign

(1941)

 United Kingdom

 Australia

 Free French

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

 Vichy France
 Germany
Allied victory
First Arab–Israeli War
(1948–1949)
Egypt Egypt
 Iraq
Jordan Transjordan
Syria Syria
 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
All-Palestine Protectorate All-Palestine Protectorate
HWA
Arab League ALA
Arab Liberation Army

All-Palestine Protectorate al-Najjada
All-Palestine Protectorate Holy War Army

 Israel
Israel Yishuv
Haganah
Palmach
Hish
Him
Irgun
Lehi
Israel Allied Bedouin tribes[1][2]
Israel Defense Forces
Minorities Unit
Israel Mahal
Defeat (limited involvement)
Lebanon Crisis
(1958)
Lebanon Government
Lebanese Armed Forces
Kataeb Party
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Tashnag
 United States
Lebanon Opposition
Najjadeh Party
Progressive Socialist Party
Lebanese Communist Party
Al-Mourabitoun
Soviet Union Soviet Union
 United Arab Republic
Government victory
  • Reconciliation government formed
Coup d'état attempt
(1961)
Lebanon Lebanese Government SSNP-L Government victory
  • Failed coup attempt
Six-Day War
(1967)
Egypt(UAR)
Jordan Jordan
Syria
 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
 Kuwait
 Israel Defeat (Minor involvement)
Insurgency in South Lebanon
(1968–1982)
Israel Israel

Free Lebanon

South Lebanon Army

Lebanese Front

Kataeb Party

Palestine Liberation Organization PLO

 Syria

LNM

Supported by:

Soviet Union Soviet Union[3]

Israeli and Lebanese victory
Lebanese Civil War
(1975–1990)
LF
 Syria
Tigers Militia
ALZ
 Israel
SLA
 United States
 France
 Italy
 United Kingdom
LNM
LNRF
Amal
LCP
SSNP
 PLO
Hezbollah
Al-Tawhid
 Syria
PLA
ADF
Taif Agreement
South Lebanon Conflict
(1985–2000)
Hezbollah
Amal
Jammoul
 Israel
SLA
Hezbollah victory
  • Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon
Shebaa Farms conflict
(2000–2006)
Hezbollah  Israel Inconclusive
July War
(2006)
Hezbollah  Israel Stalemate
  • The LAF introduced into South Lebanon
Fatah al-Islam Rebellion
(2007)
 Lebanon Fatah al-Islam
Jund al-Sham
Victory
  • Defeat of the militants
May clashes
(2008)
Future Movement
Progressive Socialist Party
Hezbollah Hezbollah victory
Israel–Lebanon border clash
(2010)
 Lebanon  Israel Ceasefire
  • Withdrawal of both armies
Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
(2011–2017)
 Lebanon
Hezbollah
Syrian opposition
Tahrir al-Sham
Islamic State Islamic State
Victory
  • Islamist groups expelled from Lebanon
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
(2023–ongoing)
 Hezbollah
Hamas[4]
PIJ[5]
PFLP
 Israel Ceasefire
  • Elimination of much of Hezbollah's leadership and military capabilities
  • IDF withdraws south of the Blue Line and Hezbollah withdraws north of the Litani River
  • LAF becomes sole army in Southern Lebanon

Other armed conflicts involving Lebanon

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References

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  1. ^ Palestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948
  2. ^ AFP (24 April 2013). "Bedouin army trackers scale Israel social ladder". Al Arabiya English. Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ Golan, The Soviet Union and the Palestine Liberation Organization, pp. 35–36.
  4. ^ "Hamas says 3 members who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon were killed in IAF strike". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  5. ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "Officer, 2 soldiers killed in clash with terrorists on Lebanon border; mortars fired". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.