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

Vichy France

Supported by:
Germany

Allied victory
  • Syria and Lebanon taken over by Free France
First Arab–Israeli War
(1948–1949)
Defeat (limited involvement)
Lebanon Crisis
(1958)
Government
Supported by:
Opposition
Supported by:
Opposition's goals achieved
  • 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
Six-Day War
(1967)
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq
Minor involvement:
Lebanon
Israel Defeat (Minor involvement)
Insurgency in South Lebanon
(1968–1982)
Israel
Free Lebanon Lebanese Front

PLO
Syria
LNM
Supported by:
Soviet Union

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-led victory
Shebaa Farms conflict
(2000–2006)
Hezbollah Israel Inconclusive
July War
(2006)
Hezbollah
Allies:
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 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
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Islamic State
Victory
  • Islamist groups expelled from Lebanon
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
(2023–ongoing)
Hezbollah
Hamas
PIJ
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