Participants in the Lebanese Civil War

1975-1990

Internal Factions

Lebanese Front

  • Kataeb Party
  • Tigers Militia
  • Guardians of the Cedars

Lebanese National Movement

  • Progressive Socialist Party
  • Lebanese Communist Party
  • Syrian Social Nationalist Party

Lebanese Armed Forces

  • Regular Army
  • Army of Free Lebanon

External Powers

Syria

  • Syrian Army
  • Syrian-backed militias

Israel

  • Israel Defense Forces
  • South Lebanon Army

Palestinian Groups

  • PLO
  • Palestinian Liberation Army

Key Events Timeline

1975
War begins
1976
Syrian intervention
1982
Israeli invasion
1990
Taif Agreement ends war