Armed conflict

Lebanon: Islamic State

2014 – 2017 · 34.18° N, 36.42° E

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What the records say

When
2014 – 2017
Kind
Armed conflict
Deaths
272
Coordinates
34.18° N, 36.42° E
Incompatibility
territory
Type of conflict
intrastate
Territory name
Islamic State
Region
Middle East
Location
Lebanon
Side a
Government of Lebanon

Placed at the middle of its 44 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).

Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon

2014–2017 military conflict in Lebanon, during the Syrian Civil War

Between 2011 and 2017, fighting from the Syrian civil war spilled over into Lebanon as opponents and supporters of the Ba'athist Syrian regime traveled to Lebanon to fight and attack each other on Lebanese soil. The Syrian conflict stoked a resurgence of sectarian violence in Lebanon, with many of Lebanon's Sunni Muslims and Lebanon's Christians supporting the rebels in Syria, while many of Lebanon's Shi'a Muslims su…

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