Lebanon–Syria border clashes

Lebanese–Syrian border clashes
	Part of the Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon
Date	1 June 2012 – 28 August 2017; (5 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Location	Lebanon–Syria border
Result	Lebanese, Syrian Army and Hezbollah victory Lebanese and Syrian governments fully recapture the Lebanon–Syria border;
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army Saraya Ahl al-Sham ; 313 Brigade (Syria); Jaysh al-Islam; Ahrar al-Sham Al-Qaeda affiliates Tahrir al-Sham (2017) Al-Nusra Front; ; Fatah al-Islam (until 2014); Ghuraba al-Sham (until 2013); Jund al-Sham (until 2014); Abdullah Azzam Brigades; Osbat al-Ansar; Osbat al-Nour; Sunni Resistance Committees; Islamic State (2013–17)	Lebanon Lebanese Armed Forces; Internal Security Forces; Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces; Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
	Michel Sleiman (2012–14) ; Tammam Salam (2014–16) ; Jean Kahwaji (2012–17)
	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.

The Lebanese–Syrian border clashes were a series of clashes on the Lebanon–Syria border caused by the ongoing Syrian Civil War.

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