Multiple factions were involved and the political and military situation was extremely complex, but broadly speaking, the civil war was fought mainly between right-wing, mainly Christian militias (the most prominent of which was the Phalange), and leftist, mainly Muslim militias and their Palestinian allies.
Flera fraktioner var inblandade och den politiska och militära situationen var extremt komplex, men i stort sett utkämpades inbördeskriget huvudsakligen mellan höger-, främst kristna miliser (den mest framträdande av dessa var Phalange) och vänstersympatisör, främst muslimska miliser och deras palestinska allierade.