List of wars involving Lebanon

This is a list of wars involving Lebanon.

War	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Casualites
Battle of Amioun	Maronites Mardaites	Byzantine Empire	Maronite victory The first Maronite state is established	Unknown
Mount Lebanon revolts of 752 and 759	Mardaites Maronites Melkites Byzantine Empire	Abbasid Caliphate Tanukhids Lakhmids	Abbasid victory Christian inhabitants of parts of interior and coastal Lebanon expelled and replaced with Arab tribes Maronites become centralized around Northern Mount Lebanon	Unknown
Kisrawan campaigns (1292–1305)	Mamluk Sultanate Buhturids	Twelver Shia Alawite Ismaili Druze Maronite mountaineers of Kisrawan	Mamluk victory	Unknown
Battle of Anjar	Ottoman Empire	Mount Lebanon Emirate Supported by: Grand Duchy of Tuscany	Lebanese strategic victory Mount Lebanon remained semi-autonomous Territory of Mount Lebanon Emirate at its greatest extent Occupied cities subjected to taxes Fakhr-al-Din II invades and controls Ottoman territory Fakhr-al-Din II captures Mustafa Pasha Beylerbey confirms the Ma'ns' governorships	Unknown
1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus	Maronites and allies Rural Maronite militiamen Zahalni militiamen Shihab dynasty Supported by: French expeditionary forces	Rural Druze clans Abu Nakad clan Imad clan Talhuq clan Jumblatt clan Supported by: al-Atrash clan Harfush clan Rural Sunni and Shia Muslim militiamen Sardiyah tribe	Initial Druze military victory Massacres of Christians in Mount Lebanon and Damascus French military intervention	* Mount Lebanon: 12,000 Christians and Druze fighters and civilians killed (10,000 of which Christians)[1][2][3] Damascus: 12,000 people, mostly Christian civilians, killed[1]
Syria–Lebanon campaign (1941)	United Kingdom India Assyrian levies Mandatory Palestine Palmach Transjordan Australia Free French Czechoslovakia	Vichy France Syria Lebanon Supported by: Germany	Allied victory Syria and Lebanon taken over by Free France
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)	Arab League:  Egypt[4] All-Palestine Protectorate[a] Holy War Army[a] Transjordan[4]  Iraq[4] Syria[4] Lebanon[b] Saudi Arabia[6]  Yemen[7] Irregulars: Arab Liberation Army Al-Najjada Holy War Army	Israel Before 26 May 1948: Yishuv Paramilitary groups: Haganah Palmach Hish Him Irgun Lehi Allied Bedouin tribes[8][9] After 26 May 1948: Israel Defense Forces Minorities Unit Foreign volunteers: Mahal	Defeat (limited involvement) Establishment of the State of Israel, Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight Beginning of the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency
Lebanon Crisis (1958)	Government Lebanese Armed Forces Kataeb Party Syrian Social Nationalist Party ARF Supported by: United States	Opposition Najjadeh Party Progressive Socialist Party Lebanese Communist Party Al-Mourabitoun Supported by: United Arab Republic	Inconclusive Reconciliation Government formed
Coup d'état attempt (1961) Lebanese Government Lebanese Armed Forces SSNP-L	Lebanese Government victory Coup attempt fails	Unknown
Six-Day War (1967)	Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq[10] Minor involvement: Lebanon[11]	Israel	Defeat (Minor involvement) Israel occupies a total of 70,000 km2 (27,000 sq mi) of territory:[12] The Golan Heights from Syria The West Bank including East Jerusalem from Jordan The Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt[13][14]	1 aircraft lost
Insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982) Israel Free Lebanon SLA Lebanese Front	PLO Syria LNM Supported by: Soviet Union[15]	Israeli and Lebanese victory Expulsion of the Palestine Liberation Organization from Lebanese territory to Tunisia, after Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 Beginning of the South Lebanon conflict in 1985 Syrian occupation of Lebanon (1976–2005) Israeli occupation of Lebanon (1985–2000)	Unknown
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 Christian 6:5 ascendancy replaced by 1:1 representation Defeat of PLO and LNM, peace agreement between other internal militias Syrian occupation of Lebanon and the Israeli Security Zone	120,000-150,000
South Lebanon Conflict (1985–2000)	Hezbollah Amal Lebanese Communist Party Jammoul PFLP–GC	Israel South Lebanon Army	Hezbollah-led victory[16] Collapse of the SLA and its provisional government[17] Israeli withdrawal and end of its occupation of Southern Lebanon	270
Shebaa Farms conflict (2000–2006)	Hezbollah	Israel	Inconclusive Ended with the 2006 Lebanon War Israel continues to control the Shebaa Farms	15 (2 officials assassinated, and 1 wounded)
July War (2006)	Hezbollah Allies: Amal Popular Guard[18] PFLP-GC[19] Iran (Ynet report)[20] ICU (U.N. report)[21][22]	Israel	Inconclusive The LAF introduced into South Lebanon	1,191
Fatah al-Islam Rebellion (2007)	Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Supported by: United States	Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham	Lebanese victory Defeat of the militants	Northern: 168-179 Southern: 2 Civilian: 55 (in the fighting) 12 (in the bombings)
May clashes (2008)	March 14 Alliance Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party	March 8 Alliance Hezbollah Amal Movement LDP SSNP Arab Democratic Party	Doha Agreement (2008)	70-110
Israel–Lebanon border clash (2010)	Lebanon	Israel	Ceasefire Withdrawal of both armies	2 1 (journalist)
Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon (2011–2017)	Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Support: Australia[23] Canada[24] China[25] Cyprus[26] Czech Republic[27] Egypt[28] France[29] Germany[30] Iran[31] Italy[32] Jordan[33] Netherlands[34] Russia[35] Saudi Arabia[29] South Korea[36] Spain[37] Turkey[38] United Kingdom[39][40] United States Pro-Assad militant groups: Hezbollah Lebanese Resistance Brigades[41] PFLP-GC[42] Amal Movement[43] Syrian Social Nationalist Party[44] DFLP[45] Popular Nasserist Organization[46] As-Sa'iqa[47] Fatah al-Intifada[48] Arab Democratic Party (until 2014)[49] Armenian Revolutionary Federation[50] Arab Movement Party[51] Support: Ba'athist Syria[52] Iran[53] Russia[54] Other militias: Lebanese Communist Party[55] Fatah[56][57]	Syrian rebel forces: Free Syrian Army[58] Saraya Ahl al-Sham [59] Islamic Front (until 2015)[60] Jaysh al-Islam[61] Future Movement[41] Support: Saudi Arabia[62]	Al-Qaeda and allies: Al-Nusra Front[a][63] Fatah al-Islam[64] Ghuraba al-Sham (until 2013) Jund al-Sham[65] Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham [66] Abdullah Azzam Brigades[67][68] Osbat al-Ansar[69] Sunni Resistance Committees[70] Muslim Youth Islamic State  (from 2013) Military of ISIL Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade[71]	Victory Islamist groups expelled from Lebanon	61 (soldiers) 60 (servicemen)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–ongoing)	Hezbollah[72] Allies: Amal[73] Islamic Group[74] SSNP-L Hamas[75] PIJ[76] Popular Resistance Committees[77]  Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine[78] Islamic Resistance in Iraq Houthi movement[79]  Iran  Syria (until 2024) Islamic Azz Brigades[72]	Israel	Israeli victory[80] 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement Israel maintains an occupation force in parts of Southern Lebanon	4,047

Other armed conflicts involving Lebanon

• 1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon
• 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon
• Hundred Days' War (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
• 1978 South Lebanon conflict (also known as Operation Litani, part of the Lebanese Civil War)
• Battle of Zahleh (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
• Mountain War (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
• War of the Camps (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
• 1982 Lebanon War (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
• Cedar Revolution 2005 (Attacks linked to the Cedar Revolution)
• 17 October Revolution
• 2023 Ain al-Hilweh clashes

Notes

1. After 22 September 1948
2. Lebanon had decided to not participate in the war and only took part in the battle of al-Malikiya on 5–6 June 1948.^[5]