Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon |
Part of the Arab Winter, the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War and the Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian Civil War
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![Lebanese insurgency.svg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Lebanese_insurgency.svg/300px-Lebanese_insurgency.svg.png)
Military situation in Lebanon, as of 9 June 2017.
(For a more detailed map, see )
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Date |
17 June 2011 – 28 August 2017
(6 years, 2 months, 1 week and 4 days) |
Location |
Lebanon (Akkar, Arsal, Beirut, Sidon, and Tripoli) |
Result |
Decisive Lebanese government and Hezbollah victory
- Millions of Syrian refugees enter Lebanon as a result of the civil war in Syria
- The Lebanese Army and Hezbollah expel al-Qaeda affiliates and ISIL from Lebanon entirely on August 28, and reestablish control across all Lebanese territory
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Main belligerents |
Pro-Syrian government militias:
Other militias:
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Anti-Syrian government militias:
Al-Qaeda affiliates:
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ![Surrendered](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/White_flag_icon.svg/14px-White_flag_icon.svg.png)
(from 2013)
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Lebanon
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Commanders and leaders |
Hassan Nasrallah
Hassan al-Laqqis †
Assaad Hardan Rifa'at Eid (ADP)
Fuad Othman
Osama Saad
Shaker Berjawi
Khaled Hadadi
Fathi Zeidan †
Talal al-Ourdouni †
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Abdullah Hussein al-Rifai †
Abu Malek al-Tali ![Surrendered](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/White_flag_icon.svg/14px-White_flag_icon.svg.png)
Ahmed Al-Assir
Abu Tarek al-Saadi
Islam al-Shahal
Bilal Badr
Majed al-Majed †
Ziad Alloukeh (POW)
Naim Abbas (POW)
Abu Firas al-Jibba †
Jamal Husayn Zayniyah (Al-Nusra Front operations commander in the Qalamoun)
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Ahmad Mohammad Ammoun (POW)
Abu Fouz †
Imad Yassin (POW)
Ahmad Youssef Ammoun (POW)
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Michel Aoun (2016–present)
Saad Hariri (2016–present)
Roger Salem (2011–present)
Joseph Aoun (2017–present)
Michel Suleiman (2011–14)
Najib Mikati (2011–14)
Jean Kahwaji (2011–17)
Tammam Salam (2014–16)
Ashraf Rifi (2014–16) |
Strength |
Unknown |
600 al-Nusra fighters |
1,000 fighters |
Unknown |
Casualties and losses |
Total casualties:
840+ killed, 2,700+ wounded |
a 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. |
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