Lebanese Civil War

1975–1990 Civil War in Lebanon
Event civil_war Q208484
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Summary

Lebanese Civil War is a civil war[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of civil war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,675 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Lebanon[3]
  • Location: Lebanon[4]
  • Part of: Arab Cold War[5], Arab–Israeli conflict[6], Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict[7], Iran–Israel proxy conflict[8]
  • Commons category: Lebanese Civil War[9]
  • Start time: April 13, 1975[10]
  • End time: October 13, 1990[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Lebanon[12]
  • Participant: Lebanese Front[13], Lebanese National Movement[14], Amal Movement[15], Arab Deterrent Force[16], Hezbollah[17], Islamic Unification Movement[18], Tigers Militia[19], Army of Free Lebanon[20], United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon[21], Multinational Force in Lebanon[22], Al-Tanzim[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lebanese Civil War[24]
  • Has effect: Taif Agreement[25], Sabra and Shatila massacre[26]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]

Why It Matters

Lebanese Civil War has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . civilsociety-centre.org. civilsociety-centre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . commons.wikimedia.org. commons.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['1975-1990', 'lebanese-civil-war']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: 1975-1990, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289916638|1975 1990 (#289916638)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  2. 16w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → ['Q7784981', 'Q4120294']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Has part(s): Hundred Days' War, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0320841-libanonska-obcanska-valka-19751990
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0320841-libanonska-obcanska-valka-19751990, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → Taif Agreement, Sabra and Shatila massacre
    Start time → —
    Instance of → civil war
    Location → Lebanon
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007560512005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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