List of wars involving Lebanon
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Autonomous Mount Lebanon under Ottoman rule (1516-1920).
| War | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| 1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze |  Mount Lebanon EmirateDruze rebels |
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Ottoman victory |
| Battle of Anjar
(1623) |
Mount Lebanon Emirate
Supported by:
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Ottoman Empire
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Lebanese strategic victory
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| 1711 Druze Civil Conflict |
Supported by: |
Supported by:
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Qaysi victory
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| Civil Conflict in Mount Lebanon
(1860) |
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Supported by: |
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Reunification of Mount Lebanon
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Lebanese Republic (1920-present)
| War | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Syria–Lebanon campaign
(1941) |
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 Vichy France
Supported by: |
Defeat
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| First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) |
Defeat (limited involvement)
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| Lebanon Crisis (1958) |
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Opposition
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inconclusive
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| Coup d'état attempt (1961) |
Lebanese Government victory
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| Insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982) |
 Israel Free Lebanon Lebanese Front |
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Israeli-Lebanese Front victory
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| Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) |
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Taif Agreement
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| South Lebanon Conflict (1985–2000) |
Hezbollah-led victory[8]
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| Shebaa Farms conflict (2000–2006) |
Hezbollah |
Israel |
Inconclusive
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| Cedar Revolution (2005) |
Lebanese victory
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| July War (2006) |
Hezbollah
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Israel |
Inconclusive
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| Fatah al-Islam Rebellion (2007) |
Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Supported by: United States |
Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham |
Victory
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| May clashes (2008) |
 Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party |
March 8 Alliance | Anti-government victory
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| Israel–Lebanon border clash (2010) |
Lebanon |
Israel |
Ceasefire
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| Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon (2011–2017) |
Lebanon Hezbollah |
Syrian opposition Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Islamic State |
Victory
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| 17 October revolution
(2019-2021) |
Individual protesters and civil society organizations
|
Lebanese Government |
Limited Achievements
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| Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present) (2023–ongoing) |
Hezbollah Allies: |
Ongoing
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| 2024 Lebanon war (2024) |
Hezbollah Allies: Lebanon[c] |
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Israeli victory[21]
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| 2026 Lebanon war (2026–ongoing) |
Israel Attacked by Hezbollah and Israel: Syria[h] |
Ongoing
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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
Lebanese predecessor states
Lebanon under Babylon
| War | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC) | .svg.png){kind=small} Neo-Babylonian Empire |
Kingdom of Tyre | Babylonian victory |
| Fall of Babylon |  Achaemenid Empire |
Neo-Babylonian Empire |
Achaemenid victory
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| War | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| First Achaemenid conquest of Egypt | Achaemenid Empire Kingdom of Sidon |
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Achaemenid victory[31]
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| Second Persian invasion of Greece | Achaemenid Empire Kingdom of Sidon |
Sparta Athens Corinth Megara Tegea Aegina Other Greek city-states |
Achaemenid defeat
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| Corinthian War |
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| Sidonian Rebellion under Abdashtart | Kingdom of Sidon Athens Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt |
Achaemenid Empire |
Sidonian defeat
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| Sidonian Rebellion under Tennes | Kingdom of Sidon Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt |
Achaemenid Empire |
Sidonian defeat
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| Siege of Tyre (332 BC) | .png){kind=small} Macedonian Empire Hellenic League Cyprus Ionia Phoenician city-states of Byblos, Arwad and Sidon |
Achaemenid Empire Kingdom of Tyre |
Achaemenid defeat
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Lebanon under Diadochi
| War | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Siege of Tyre (314 BC) |  Ptolemaic Kingdom |
Antigonid dynasty | Antigonid victory
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| Syrian Wars | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
 Seleucid Empire Macedon |
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| Campaigns of Pompey |  Roman Republic |
Seleucid Empire |
Roman victory |
Lebanon under Byzantium
| War | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 | Byzantine victory | ||
| Muslim conquest of Syria |  Rashidun Caliphate |
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Muslim victory
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Lebanon under the Maronite state
| War | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Battle of Amioun | Maronite victory
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| Mount Lebanon revolts of 752 and 759 |
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Abbasid victory
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Notes
- 1 2 After 22 September 1948
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ The Lebanese government stated they will stay out of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, but would respond to Israeli attacks on their positions.
- ↑ Although UNIFIL is a peacekeeping force and is not actively engaged in hostilities, its positions have been targeted and its peacekeepers have suffered casualties.
- ↑ Lebanese soldiers have been killed in Israeli drone attacks.[22] The Lebanese army arrested armed Hezbollah members.[23]
- ↑ UNIFIL peacekeepers have been attacked by the IDF,[24] and have engaged in a clash with Hezbollah.
- ↑ The Amal Movement has played an active role in hostilities.[25][26] Paramedics belonging to the Amal Movement's Islamic Risala Scout Association have been targeted in Israeli airstrikes.[27]
- ↑ Syria declared its support for the disarmament of Hezbollah following the outbreak of the war. In response, Hezbollah struck Syrian army positions near Damascus.[29] Syrian authorities began closing smuggling routes used by Hezbollah along the Lebanese border.[30] For further information, see Syria in the 2026 Iran war.
- ↑ Includes battles of the County of Tripoli and conflicts in the cities of Beirut, Tyre, Sidon etc.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Oren 2003, p. 5.
- ↑ Morris (2008), p. 260.
- ↑ Gelber, pp. 55, 200, 239
- ↑ Morris, Benny (2008), 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p. 205, New Haven, ISBN 978-0-300-12696-9.
- ↑ Palestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Golan, The Soviet Union and the Palestine Liberation Organization, pp. 35–36.
- ↑ References:
- Helmer, Daniel Isaac. Flipside of the Coin: Israel's Lebanese Incursion Between 1982–2000. DIANE Publishing, 2010.
- "2000: Hezbollah celebrates Israeli retreat". BBC News. 26 May 2000. Retrieved 25 July 2006.
- ↑
- "Land for Peace Timeline". Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "Hezbollah 101: Who is the militant group, and what does it want?". The Christian Science Monitor. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
Iran has also played an instrumental role in building up Hezbollah's military capabilities over the years, which enabled the group's impressive military wing to oust Israel from south Lebanon in 2000
- ↑ Herbert Docena (17 August 2006). "Amid the bombs, unity is forged". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
The LCP ... has itself been very close to Hezbollah and fought alongside it in the frontlines in the south. According to Hadadeh, at least 12 LCP members and supporters died in the fighting.
- ↑ "PFLP claims losses in IDF strike on Lebanon base". The Jerusalem Post. Associated Press. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012.
- ↑ Klein, Aaron (27 July 2006). "Iranian soldiers join Hizbullah in fighting". Ynet. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ↑ Worth, Robert F. (2006-11-15). "U.N. Says Somalis Helped Hezbollah Fighters". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
More than 700 Islamic militants from Somalia traveled to Lebanon in July to fight alongside Hezbollah in its war against Israel, a United Nations report says. The militia in Lebanon returned the favor by providing training and — through its patrons Iran and Syria — weapons to the Islamic alliance struggling for control of Somalia, it adds.
- ↑ "Report: Over 700 Somalis fought with Hizbullah". The Jerusalem Post. 2006-11-15. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ↑ Dana Polak (6 October 2024). "Al-Abbas Force". Israel Alma.
- ↑ "Three SSNP members killed in southern Lebanon while 'confronting Israeli forces'". L'Orient Today. 8 December 2024.
- ↑ "Iran Update, October 28, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. 29 October 2024.
- ↑ "كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى تزفّ الشهيد سليمان الأحمد الذي استشهد خلال تصديه للعدوان "الإسرائيلي" على لبنان عند الحدود" [The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades mourn the martyr Suleiman Al-Ahmad, who was martyred while confronting the "Israeli" aggression on Lebanon at the border]. Al-Ahed News (in Arabic). 2024-10-26. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ↑ "Iran Update, November 4, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. 5 November 2024.
- ↑ "حزب الله لا يخوض حرب المحور وحيدًا.. الفصائل العراقية هناك و"قدمت شهداء" (تفاصيل)" [Hezbollah is not fighting the axis war alone.. Iraqi factions are there and "offered martyrs" (details)]. %.news (in Arabic). 2024-10-30. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ↑
- "Israel's Victory in Lebanon". Institute for the Study of War. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
Israel's victory and Hezbollah's defeat have drastically changed the security landscape in the Middle East by limiting Hezbollah's ability to deter Israel. Though Israel has won this round of conflict in Lebanon, Hezbollah will almost certainly begin reconstituting its forces and likely try re-entrenching itself in southern Lebanon at some point.
- Morgan, Harrison (2025-02-27). "Hezbollah's Defeat and Hamas's Dogged Resistance: Israel's Two-Front War and the Perils of Prewar Assumptions". Modern War Institute. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
Hezbollah, by contrast, faced unrelenting Israeli airpower without interruption, accelerating its defeat.
- "95 coffins, countless wounds: Lebanon grapples with Hezbollah's 'victory' over Israel". Los Angeles Times. 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
But the militant group now has to contend with an aftermath that for many Lebanese, including some Hezbollah partisans, looks very much like defeat.
- Croxton, Will (2024-12-22). "How Hezbollah's losses have weakened Iran's power and influence". CBS News. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- "Israel's Victory in Lebanon". Institute for the Study of War. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ Homsi, uNada. "Lebanese army thrust into Israel's war on Hezbollah as attacks kill soldiers". The National.
- ↑ Fabian, Emanuel (3 March 2026). "Lebanese army reportedly arrests 12 armed members of Hezbollah". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ "Lebanon: UN peacekeeping patrol targeted by Israeli tank, IDF blames 'misidentification' | UN News". news.un.org. 16 November 2025.
- ↑ "Involvement of the Amal Movement in the Fighting Against Israel Alongside Hezbollah". Alma Research and Education Center. 5 April 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ Jawad Al-Tamimi, Aymenn (9 April 2026). "The Amal Movement and the New War in Lebanon: Interview". Middle East Forum. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ Younes, Lylla (16 March 2026). "Israel Killed Over a Dozen Lebanese Paramedics in Three Days, Now Claiming That Ambulances Are "Hezbollah" Targets". Drop Site. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ Seth J. Frantzman (4 March 2026). "Lebanon Islamic Group claims headquarters targeted by IDF strikes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ↑ Iwaza, Dayana; Livni, Ephrat (10 March 2026). "Shells Fired From Lebanon Land West of Syrian Capital, Country's Military Says". The New York Times. Beirut, Lebanon. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ↑ "Syria targets smuggling tunnels to Lebanon amid concerns over Hezbollah weapons". The Arab Weekly. 30 March 2026. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ Bang, Peter Fibiger; Scheidel, Walter, eds. (February 2013). The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean. Oxford University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0195188318.
..Cambyses won a victory at Pelusium (525), took Memphis, and captured King Psammetichus III.
- ↑ Souad, Merah, and Tahraoui Ramdane. 2018. “INSTITUTIONALIZING EDUCATION AND THE CULTURE OF LEARNING IN MEDIEVAL ISLAM: THE AYYŪBIDS (569/966 AH) (1174/1263 AD) LEARNING PRACTICES IN EGYPT AS A CASE STUDY”. Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), January, 245-75.
- ↑ Legitimising the Conquest of Egypt: The Frankish Campaign of 1163 Revisited. Eric Böhme. The Expansion of the Faith. Volume 14. January 1, 2022. Pages 269 - 280.
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