List of wars involving Lebanon

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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Lebanon.

War	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)	Egypt  Iraq Transjordan Syria  Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen HWA ALA	Israel	Defeat (limited involvement) 1949 Armistice Agreements; Israel kept the area allotted to it by the Partition Plan and captured 50% of area allotted to Arab state
1958 Lebanon Crisis (1958)	Lebanon  United States	INM PSP	Government victory Reconciliation government formed
Six-Day War (1967)	Egypt(UAR) Jordan Syria  Lebanon Saudi Arabia Iraq	Israel	Defeat (Minor involvement) Israel captures and occupies the Golan Heights, the West Bank (incl. East Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula.
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 Jammoul	Israel SLA	Hezbollah victory Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon
Shebaa Farms conflict (2000–2006)	Hezbollah	Israel	Hezbollah Loss Ended with the 2006 Lebanon War Israel continues to control the Shebaa Farms
July War (2006)	Hezbollah	Israel	Stalemate The LAF introduced into South Lebanon
Fatah al-Islam Rebellion (2007)	Lebanon	Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham	Victory Defeat of the militants
2008 Lebanon conflict (2008)	Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party	Hezbollah	Hezbollah victory Doha Agreement
Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon (2011–2017)	Lebanon Hezbollah	Syrian opposition Tahrir al-Sham Islamic State	Victory Al-Qaeda affiliates and ISIL expelled

Other armed conflicts involving 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
• South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
• Cedar Revolution 2005
• 2008 Lebanon conflict (conflict between supporters and opposers of the government of Fouad Siniora)