Category
page 1Factions in the Lebanese Civil War
Hezbollah
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary group wing that has been banned by the Lebanese government. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Its armed strength was assessed to be equivalent to that of a medium-sized army in 2016.
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestinian militant and political organization
Kataeb Party
Lebanese Christian democratic political party
South Lebanon Army
Israeli-backed militia during the Lebanese Civil War
Lebanese Forces
Lebanese Christian nationalist political party and former militia
Lebanese Communist Party
Lebanese left-wing political party
Palestinian Liberation Front
Palestinian political faction
Palestine Liberation Army
military branch of Palestine Liberation Organization
Guardians of the Cedars
political party
Lebanese Front
coalition of mainly Lebanese Nationalist parties formed in 1976 by majority Christian intellectuals during the Lebanese Civil War
Tigers Militia
political party in Lebanon
Lebanese National Movement
political party
National Liberal Party
political party in Lebanon
Al-Tanzim
Al-Tanzim, Al-Tanzym or At-Tanzim () was the name of a secret military society and militia set up by Christian activists in Lebanon at the early 1970s, and which came to play an important role in the Lebanese Civil War.
Al-Mourabitoun
The Independent Nasserite Movement – INM () or simply Al-Murabitoun ( lit. The Steadfast), also termed variously Independent Nasserite Organization (INO) or Movement of Independent Nasserists (MIN), is a Nasserist political party in Lebanon.
Islamic Jihad Organization
Shia militia
Lebanese Youth Movement
far Right Lebanese militia active during the Lebanese Civil War
Zgharta Liberation Army
Marada Movement branch in the Lebanese Civil War
Rejectionist Front
Palestinian coalition
Kataeb Regulatory Forces
former Lebanese Christian mititia, creators of the Lebanese Forces Militia
Army of Free Lebanon
Christian splinter faction of the Lebanese Army that came to play a major role in the 1975-77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War
Lebanese National Resistance Front
leftist alliance led by Walid Jumblatt’s Progressive Socialist Party, active in Lebanon from the 1982-1990 phase of the Civil War; acted as a successor to the Lebanese National Movement, which ceased to exist after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Arab Socialist Baath Party – Lebanon Region
political party in Lebanon
Marada Movement
political party in Lebanon
Lebanese Resistance Regiments
Lebanese Shia Islamic political organization and former militia
Lebanese Forces
Christian resistance movement in the Lebanese Civil War
Najjadeh Party
historical Lebanese fascist political party
Communist Action Organization in Lebanon
political party in Lebanon
Palestinian National Salvation Front
Palestinian coalition
Lebanese Forces – Executive Command
formerly known as "Lebanese Forces – Uprising"