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 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 All-Palestine Protectorate Holy War Army Transjordan Iraq Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen 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 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	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) Israel occupies a total of 70,000 km² (27,000 sq mi) of territory: The Golan Heights from Syria The West Bank including East Jerusalem from Jordan The Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt
Insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982)	Israel Free Lebanon SLA Lebanese Front	PLO Syria LNM Supported by: Soviet Union	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)
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 Collapse of the SLA and its provisional government 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
July War (2006)	Hezbollah Allies: Amal Popular Guard PFLP-GC Iran (Ynet report) ICU (U.N. report)	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	Lebanese victory Defeat of the militants
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)
Israel–Lebanon border clash (2010)	Lebanon	Israel	Ceasefire Withdrawal of both armies
Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon (2011–2017)	Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Support: Australia Canada China Cyprus Czech Republic Egypt France Germany Iran Italy Jordan Netherlands Russia Saudi Arabia South Korea Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States Pro-Assad militant groups: Hezbollah Lebanese Resistance Brigades PFLP-GC Amal Movement Syrian Social Nationalist Party DFLP Popular Nasserist Organization As-Sa'iqa Fatah al-Intifada Arab Democratic Party (until 2014) Armenian Revolutionary Federation Arab Movement Party Support: Ba'athist Syria Iran Russia Other militias: Lebanese Communist Party Fatah	Syrian rebel forces: Free Syrian Army Saraya Ahl al-Sham Islamic Front (until 2015) Jaysh al-Islam Future Movement Support: Saudi Arabia Al-Qaeda and allies: Al-Nusra Front^[a] Fatah al-Islam Ghuraba al-Sham (until 2013) Jund al-Sham Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Abdullah Azzam Brigades Osbat al-Ansar Sunni Resistance Committees Muslim Youth Islamic State (from 2013) Military of ISIL Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade	Victory Islamist groups expelled from Lebanon
Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–ongoing)	Hezbollah Allies: Amal Islamic Group SSNP-L Hamas PIJ Popular Resistance Committees Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Islamic Resistance in Iraq Houthi movement Iran Syria (until 2024) Islamic Azz Brigades	Israel	Israeli victory 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement Israel maintains an occupation force in parts of Southern Lebanon