List of wars involving Lebanon

This is a list of wars involving Lebanon.

Autonomous Mount Lebanon under Ottoman rule (1516-1920).

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War	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Battle of Anjar (1623)	Mount Lebanon Emirate Supported by: Grand Duchy of Tuscany	Ottoman Empire Ottoman Syria	Lebanese strategic victory Fakhr-al-Din II captures Ottoman commander Mustafa Pasha al-Hannaq Mount Lebanon remained semi-autonomous Ma'nid authority imposed in Mount Lebanon Territory of the Mount Lebanon Emirate at its greatest extent.
Civil Conflict in Mount Lebanon (1860)	Maronite militiamen Chehab dynasty Supported by: French expeditionary forces	Druze clans Supported by: Ottoman government	Reunification of Mount Lebanon Establishment of the autonomous Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate under French protection with a Christian Mutasarrif. French military intervention

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Lebanese Republic (1920-present)

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War	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Syria–Lebanon campaign (1941)	United Kingdom India Assyrian levies Mandatory Palestine Palmach Transjordan Australia Free French Czechoslovakia	Vichy France Syria Lebanon Supported by: Germany	Defeat Syria and Lebanon taken over by Free France
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)	Arab League: Egypt^[1] All-Palestine Protectorate^[a] Holy War Army^[a] Transjordan^[1] Iraq^[1] Syria^[1] Lebanon^[b] Saudi Arabia^[3] Yemen^[4] 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^[5]^[6] 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 United States	Opposition Najjadeh Party Progressive Socialist Party Lebanese Communist Party Al-Mourabitoun UAR	inconclusive President Camille Chamoun forced to step down Formation of Second Cabinet of Rashid Karami, which included opposition elements
Coup d'état attempt (1961)	Lebanese Government Lebanese Armed Forces	SSNP-L	Lebanese Government victory Coup attempt fails
Insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982)	Israel Free Lebanon SLA Lebanese Front	PLO Syria LNM Supported by: Soviet Union^[7]	Israeli-Lebanese Front 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)
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
South Lebanon Conflict (1985–2000)	Hezbollah Amal Lebanese Communist Party Jammoul PFLP–GC	Israel South Lebanon Army	Hezbollah-led victory^[8] Collapse of the SLA and its provisional government^[9] Israeli withdrawal and end of its occupation of Southern Lebanon
Shebaa Farms conflict (2000–2006)	Hezbollah	Israel	Inconclusive Ended with the 2006 Lebanon War Israel continues to control the Shebaa Farms
Cedar Revolution (2005)	March 14 Alliance Kataeb Party Lebanese Forces Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party National Liberal Party Democratic Left Movement National Bloc Independence Movement Free Patriotic Movement	Syrian Arab Armed Forces March 8 Alliance Hezbollah SSNP-L Amal Movement Marada Movement Lebanese Ba'ath Party (pro-Syrian faction) Dignity Movement	Lebanese victory Withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon Ousting of Karami's pro-Syrian government Free and democratic parliament elections in spring 2005 Release of political prisoners such as Samir Gaegae
July War (2006)	Hezbollah Allies: Amal Popular Guard^[10] PFLP-GC^[11] Iran (Ynet report)^[12] ICU (U.N. report)^[13]^[14]	Israel	Inconclusive The LAF introduced into South Lebanon
Fatah al-Islam Rebellion (2007)	Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Supported by: United States	Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham	Victory Defeat of the militants
May clashes (2008)	Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party	Hezbollah	Anti-government victory Hezbollah gains a de facto veto in Lebanese parliament Doha Agreement
Israel–Lebanon border clash (2010)	Lebanon	Israel	Ceasefire Withdrawal of both armies
Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon (2011–2017)	Lebanon Hezbollah	Syrian opposition Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Islamic State	Victory Islamist groups expelled from Lebanon
17 October revolution (2019-2021)	Individual protesters and civil society organizations Forces of Change Citizens in a State	Lebanese Government	Limited Achievements Resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri Resignation of Prime Minister Hassan Diab Resignation of Members of the 2018–2022 Lebanese Parliament Election of 13 reformists in the 2022 Lebanese general elections Inflation of the Lebanese Lira 2021 Energy crisis
Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–ongoing)	Hezbollah Hamas^[15] PIJ^[16] PFLP	Israel Supported by: United States Government Lebanese Government	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 Hezbollah's military and security activities rendered illegal 2026 Israel–Lebanon peace talks

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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
List of extrajudicial killings and political violence in Lebanon

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

List of wars involving Lebanon

Autonomous Mount Lebanon under Ottoman rule (1516-1920).

Lebanese Republic (1920-present)

Other armed conflicts involving Lebanon

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