A number of armed groups have involved themselves in the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon.
Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon (17 June 2011 – 28 August 2017) Lebanese Government Syrian opposition and allies Syrian Government and allies Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Lebanese Army 5th Heavy Infantry Mechanized Brigade 7th Light Infantry Brigade 1st Artillery Regiment Internal Security Forces
Supported by:
United States special operations forces Anti-Syrian government militias: Free Syrian Army Saraya Ahl al-Sham 313th Special Forces Brigade Islamic Front (until 2015) Jaysh al-Islam Future Movement
Joint operations rooms: Army of Conquest (2015-2017)
Al-Qaeda affiliates: Tahrir al-Sham (January–August 2017) Al-Nusra Front Fatah al-Islam (until 2014) Ghuraba al-Sham (until 2013) Jund al-Sham (until 2014) Abdullah Azzam Brigades Osbat al-Ansar Sunni Resistance Committees Muslim Youth Pro-Syrian government militias:
Light infantry Mechanized infantry Amal Movement Syrian Social Nationalist Party PFLP-GC DFLP Popular Nasserist Organization As-Sa'iqa Fatah al-Intifada Arab Democratic Party (until 2014) Arab Movement Party Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Army 1st Armoured Division 3rd Armoured Division
National Defense Force Usud al-Cherubim Ministry of Interior Syrian Special Mission Forces Supported by:
Other militias: Lebanese Communist Party Fatah (2013-17) Military of ISIL Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade (2013–17) Qalamoun Emirate (2013–17) Damascus Emirate (2013–17) Supported by: Al-Nusra Front (2013–17)
Notes The al-Nusra Front closely cooperated with ISIL between 2013 and 2014, were considered "frenemies" in 2015, and became embroiled in open conflict with it in 2017.
See also List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War List of armed groups in the War in Iraq (2013–2017) List of armed groups in the Libyan Civil War List of armed groups in the Yemeni Civil War Combatants of the Iraq War
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