List of armed groups in the Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon

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 government   Lebanese Army 5th Heavy Infantry Mechanized Brigade 7th Light Infantry Brigade 1st Artillery Regiment Internal Security Forces   Lebanese Air Force Supported by:   Australia^[1]   Canada^[2]   China^[3]   Cyprus^[4]   Czech Republic^[5]   Egypt^[6]   France^[7]   Germany^[8]   Iran^[9]   Italy^[10]   Jordan^[11]   Netherlands^[12]   Russia^[13]   Saudi Arabia^[7]   South Korea^[14]   Spain^[15]   Turkey^[16]   United Kingdom^[17]^[18]   United States^[7]   United States special operations forces	Anti-Syrian government militias:   Free Syrian Army^[19] Saraya Ahl al-Sham  ^[20] 313th Special Forces Brigade^[21]   Jaysh al-Islam^[22]   Ahrar al-Sham   Future Movement^[23]   Islamic Front (until 2015)^[24] Joint operations rooms:   Army of Conquest (2015-2017)^[25]   Al-Qaeda affiliates:   Tahrir al-Sham   (January–August 2017)^[26]   Al-Nusra Front^[a]^[27]   Fatah al-Islam (until 2014)^[28] Ghuraba al-Sham (until 2013) Jund al-Sham (until 2014)^[29] Abdullah Azzam Brigades^[30]^[31] Osbat al-Ansar^[32] Sunni Resistance Committees^[33] Muslim Youth^[34]	Pro-Syrian government militias:   Hezbollah Light infantry Mechanized infantry   PFLP-GC^[35]   Amal Movement^[36]   Syrian Social Nationalist Party^[37]   DFLP^[38]   Popular Nasserist Organization^[39]   As-Sa'iqa^[40] Fatah al-Intifada^[41] Arab Democratic Party (until 2014)^[42] Arab Movement Party^[43]   Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces   Syrian Army 1st Armoured Division 3rd Armoured Division   Syrian Arab Air Force   National Defense Force Usud al-Cherubim Ministry of Interior Syrian Special Mission Forces^[44] Supported by:   Syria^[45]   Iran^[46]   Russia^[47] Other militias:   Lebanese Communist Party^[48] Fatah^[49]^[50]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant   (2013-17) Military of ISIL Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade (2013–17)^[51] Qalamoun Emirate (2013–17) Damascus Emirate (2013–17) Supported by:   Al-Nusra Front (2013–17)

Notes

^a The al-Nusra Front closely cooperated with ISIL between 2013 and 2014, were considered "frenemies" in 2015,^[52] and became embroiled in open conflict with it in 2017.^{[citation needed]}

 

Military situation in Lebanon, as of 9 June 2017.

  Controlled by the Lebanese Government

  Controlled by Hezbollah

  Controlled by the Free Syrian Army and allies

  Controlled by Tahrir al-Sham and allies

  Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

(For a more detailed map, see Map of the Lebanese insurgency)

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
• List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War
• 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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