This is a list of wars involving Lebanon.
Autonomous Mount Lebanon under Ottoman rule (1516-1920). War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze Mount Lebanon EmirateDruze rebels Ottoman EmpireOttoman victoryBattle of Anjar (1623) Mount Lebanon Emirate Supported by: Grand Duchy of Tuscany Ottoman Empire Ottoman SyriaLebanese 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.1711 Druze Civil ConflictQaysi faction Shihab dynasty Abu'l Lama clan of Matn Talhuq clan of Gharb Nakad clan of Manasif and Shahhar Imad clan of Arqub Abd al-Malik clan of Jurd Khazen clan of Keserwan Jumblatt clan of Chouf
Supported by: Harfush clanYamani faction Alam al-Din clan Arslan clan of Gharb Sawaf clan of Matn
Supported by: Ottoman governors of Sidon and DamascusQaysi victory Qaysi political dominance of Mount Lebanon Yamani Druze exodus to Jabal al-Druze.Civil Conflict in Mount Lebanon (1860) Maronite militiamen
Chehab dynasty
Supported by: Druze clans Supported by: Reunification of Mount Lebanon Establishment of the autonomous Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate under French protection with a Christian Mutasarrif. French military intervention
Lebanese Republic (1920-present) War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 ResultSyria–Lebanon campaign (1941) Assyrian levies
Palmach Transjordan Czechoslovakia Syria
Supported by: Defeat Syria and Lebanon taken over by Free France First Arab–Israeli War(1948–1949) : Oren 2003, p. 5. All-Palestine Protectorate Holy War Army
Syria
Gelber, pp. 55, 200, 239 Morris, Benny (2008), 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p. 205, New Haven, .Irregulars: Arab Liberation Army Al-Najjada Holy War Army Before 26 May 1948: Yishuv Paramilitary groups: Haganah Palmach Hish Him Irgun Lehi Allied Bedouin tribesPalestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948After 26 May 1948: Israel Defense Forces Minorities Unit Foreign volunteers: MahalDefeat (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 1949 SSNP uprising(July 1949) Lebanese government Lebanese Armed Forces SSNPLed by Antoun Saadeh Lebanese government victory Uprising suppressed by the Lebanese Army within approximately 72 hours. Attempts to seize government positions in the Beqaa Valley and advance on Beirut defeated. Husni al-Za'im handed Saadeh over to Lebanese authorities on 6 July 1949. Saadeh executed on 8 July 1949 following a military trial. Lebanon Crisis(1958) Government Lebanese Armed Forces Kataeb Party Syrian Social Nationalist Party ARF 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 elementsCoup d'état attempt(1961) Lebanese Government Lebanese Armed Forces SSNP-L Lebanese Government victory Coup attempt failsInsurgency in South Lebanon(1968–1982) Free Lebanon Lebanese Front PLO LNMSupported by:Golan, The Soviet Union and the Palestine Liberation Organization, pp. 35–36. 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 Tigers Militia ALZ SLA LNM LNRF Amal LCP SSNP Al-Tawhid 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-led victoryReferences: Helmer, Daniel Isaac. Flipside of the Coin: Israel's Lebanese Incursion Between 1982–2000. DIANE Publishing, 2010. Collapse of the SLA and its provisional government
Israeli withdrawal and end of its occupation of Southern Lebanon Shebaa Farms conflict(2000–2006) Inconclusive Ended with the 2006 Lebanon War Israel continues to control the Shebaa FarmsCedar 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
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) Inconclusive The LAF introduced into South Lebanon Fatah al-Islam Rebellion(2007) Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security ForcesSupported by: Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham Victory Defeat of the militants May clashes(2008) Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party March 8 Alliance Anti-government victory Hezbollah gains a de facto veto in Lebanese parliament
Doha AgreementIsrael–Lebanon border clash(2010)Ceasefire Withdrawal of both armies Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon(2011–2017) Syrian opposition Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Islamic State Victory Islamist groups expelled from Lebanon17 October revolution (2019-2021) Forces of Change Citizens in a StateLimited 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 Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present)(2023–ongoing)Ongoing Hezbollah's capabilities severely degraded Assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, head of Hezbollah Israel and Lebanon agree to a ceasefire on 26 November 2024 Sporadic fighting continues 2026 Lebanon war between Hezbollah and Israel during the 2026 Iran war and the following assassination of Ali Khamenei A 10-day truce agreed between Israel and Lebanon, later extended by 3 weeks and again extended for 45 days Israel maintains an occupation force in parts of Southern Lebanon 2024 Lebanon war(2024) UNIFILIsraeli victory 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement Continued Israeli occupation in parts of Southern Lebanon 2026 Lebanon war(2026–ongoing) UNIFIL Amal Movement Attacked by Israel:
Islamic Group
Attacked by Hezbollah and Israel:Ongoing De jure Temporary ceasefire Israeli ground operations in southern Lebanon began on 16 March 2026 Lebanese general elections postponed to 2028
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 ResultSiege of Tyre (586–573 BC) Neo-Babylonian EmpireKingdom of TyreBabylonian victoryFall of Babylon Achaemenid Empire Neo-Babylonian EmpireAchaemenid victory Fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Achaemenid Lebanon War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 ResultFirst Achaemenid conquest of Egypt Battle of Pelusium Achaemenid EmpireKingdom of SidonTwenty-sixth Dynasty of EgyptAchaemenid victory Egypt annexed by the Achaemenid Empire.Second Persian invasion of Greece Battle of Salamis Achaemenid EmpireKingdom of SidonSpartaAthensCorinthMegaraTegeaAeginaOther Greek city-statesAchaemenid defeat Invasion repelled.Corinthian War Battle of CnidusPeace of Antalcidas dictated by the Achaemenid Empire.Sidonian Rebellion under AbdashtartKingdom of SidonAthensThirtieth Dynasty of Egypt Achaemenid EmpireSidonian defeat Rebellion suppressed.Sidonian Rebellion under TennesKingdom of SidonThirtieth Dynasty of Egypt Achaemenid EmpireSidonian defeat Rebellion suppressed.Siege of Tyre (332 BC) Macedonian Empire Hellenic League Cyprus Ionia Phoenician city-states of Byblos, Arwad and Sidon Achaemenid EmpireKingdom of TyreAchaemenid defeat Sidon and Byblos submit to Alexander the Great. Macedonian army captures Tyre.
Lebanon under Diadochi War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 ResultSiege of Tyre (314 BC) Ptolemaic KingdomAntigonid dynastyAntigonid victory Capture of Tyre.Syrian Wars Ptolemaic Kingdom Seleucid Empire Macedon Seleucid annexation of Ptolemaic holdings in Asia Minor, Coele-Syria, Cyprus, and other Ptolemaic holdings outside of Egypt Macedonian annexation of the Cyclades Second Macedonian War during the Fifth Syrian War Roman intervention against Seleucids and Macedon during the Sixth Syrian War.Campaigns of Pompey Roman Republic Seleucid EmpireRoman victory
Lebanon under Byzantium War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 ResultByzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 Byzantine Empire
Supported by: Ghassanids Western Turkic Khaganate Hephthalites Nobatia Sasanian Empire
Supported by: Sasanian Iberia Jewish and Samaritan rebels Lakhmids Principality of Iberia Avars Sclaveni Makuria Eastern Turkic KhaganateByzantine victory Muslim conquest of Syria Rashidun Caliphate Byzantine Empire Ghassanids Tanukhids Banu Judham Banu LakhmMuslim victory Annexation of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate.
Lebanon under the Maronite state War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 ResultBattle of Amioun Maronites Supported by: Mardaites Byzantine EmpireMaronite victory Establishment of the Maronite stateMount Lebanon revolts of 752 and 759 Maronites Supported by: Mardaites Melkites Byzantine EmpireAbbasid Caliphate Supported by: Tanukhids LakhmidsAbbasid victory Maronites become centralized around Northern Mount Lebanon Christian inhabitants of parts of interior and coastal Lebanon expelled and replaced with Arab tribes
Lebanon under Crusaders War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 ResultSiege of Tripoli (1102 - 1109) Kingdom of Jerusalem Principality of Antioch County of Edessa County of Toulouse County of Cerdanya Republic of GenoaBanu Ammar Emirate of Tripoli Seljuk Empire Fatimid CaliphateCrusader victory Tripoli is captured, becomes the capital of the County of Tripoli.Battle of the Dog River County of Edessa Seljuks of DamascusCrusader victorySiege of Beirut (1110) Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Toulouse Republic of Genoa Republic of Pisa Fatimid CaliphateCrusader victory Lordship of Beirut was created.Siege of Sidon (1110) Kingdom of Jerusalem Republic of Venice Kingdom of Norway Fatimid CaliphateCrusader victory Lordship of Sidon was created.Seljuk campaign on Edessa (1110) Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli Principality of Antioch County of EdessaRaban and Kaysun Seljuk Empire Emirate of Mosul Shah-Armens Artuqids of Mardin Burid dynastyStalemate Seljuk inconclusive victory against Crusaders in Euphrates. Seljuk failure in capturing Edessa.Seljuk campaign on the Crusaders (1111) Kingdom of Jerusalem County of Tripoli Principality of Antioch County of Edessa Lordship of Turbessel Seljuk Empire Emirate of Mosul Rawwadid dynasty Shah-Armens Hadhabanis of Erbil Artuqids of Mardin Beykeji tribes Bursuqid dynasty Burid dynasty Banu MunqidhStalemate Crusader withdrawal in the Battle of Shaizar (1111).