Lebanon–Syria border clashes
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Further information: Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon and Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian Civil War
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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Part of the Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Al-Nusra Front[a] Islamic State (2013–17) Jaysh al-Islam[6] Al-Qaeda affiliates
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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,[15] and became embroiled in open conflict with it in 2017. |
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