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Shadi Mawlawi

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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Military situation in Lebanon, as of 9 June 2017.
  Controlled by the Lebanese government
  Controlled by Hezbollah
  Controlled by Tahrir al-Sham and allies
  Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
(For a more detailed map, see )
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
Main belligerents

Pro-Syrian government militias:


Other militias:

Anti-Syrian government militias:


Al-Qaeda affiliates:

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Surrendered
(from 2013)

 Lebanon

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 

Abdullah Hussein al-Rifai 


Abu Malek al-Tali Surrendered
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)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Ahmad Mohammad Ammoun (POW)
Abu Fouz 
Imad Yassin (POW)

Ahmad Youssef Ammoun (POW)

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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