Army of Free Lebanon
Former Christian splinter faction of the Lebanese Army during the Lebanese Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Army of Free Lebanon – AFL (Arabic: جيش لبنان الحر, romanized: Jayish Lubnan al-Horr), also known variously as the Colonel Barakat's Army (Arabic: جيش بركات, romanized: Jayish Barakat) or Armée du Liban Libre (ALL) and Armée du Colonel Barakat in French, was a predominantly Christian splinter faction of the Lebanese Army that came to play a major role in the 1975–77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
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Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) جيش لبنان الحر | |
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Leaders | Antoine Barakat, Fouad Malek, Saad Haddad, Ghazi Ghattas, Samir el-Achkar, Khalil Nader, Mounir Bejjani, Abdallah Hadchiti, Michel Abou Ghanem, Louis Khoury, Makhoul Hakmeh, Wehbeh Katicha |
Dates of operation | January 1976 – March 1978 |
Merged into | South Lebanon Army |
Group(s) | Lebanese Front |
Headquarters | Fayadieh (East Beirut) |
Active regions | Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Northern Lebanon, Southern Lebanon |
Ideology | Anti-communism Phoenicianism Christian nationalism |
Size | 3,000 men[1] |
Allies | Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) Al-Tanzim Marada Brigade Tigers Militia Guardians of the Cedars (GoC) Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG) Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC) Lebanese Forces Internal Security Forces (ISF) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) |
Opponents | Lebanese National Movement (LNM) Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) Lebanese Army Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Syrian Army |
Battles and wars | Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) |
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