List of militias in the Lebanese Civil War

The list of militias in the Lebanese civil war does not include the "legal" Lebanese Army; note that the Army split into two major parts:

In addition, there was an autonomous faction within the "legal" Lebanese Army called the Army of Free Lebanon. It formed in 1976 and was composed of Maronites and Greek Catholics reacting against the split with the Lebanese Arab Army. It continued to be paid by the government, and was fully re-integrated into the "legal" army in 1978, with the exception of some units which chose instead to form the South Lebanon Army listed below.

Militia Political Organization Main faction Community Notes
Lebanese Forces Lebanese Front (as a whole); Lebanese Forces Party

led by Samir Geagea emerged from LF structure.

 Lebanese Front Maronite Initially an umbrella organization for Maronite
party militias; became an independent power
structure in the year 1992.
Kataeb Regulatory Forces Kataeb Lebanese Front Maronite
Kataeb Security Sections Kataeb Lebanese Front Maronite The Kataeb party's "police militia"
First commander was Bashir Gemayel
Tigers Militia National Liberal Party Lebanese Front Maronite
Zgharta Liberation Army
(informally "Marada Brigades")		 Marada Movement Lebanese Front (until 1978) Maronite Operated around its
power-base in northern Lebanon; pro-Syrian after 1978
Guardians of the Cedars Lebanese Renewal Party Lebanese Front Maronite Extremist group
"The Organization"
In Arabic: At-tanzim		 Cedars Movement Lebanese Front Maronite Secretive, was possibly
linked to Lebanese Army
South Lebanon Army Government of Free Lebanon Government of Free Lebanon Maronite-led,
Muslim recruits		 Israeli proxy
Lebanese Forces – Executive Command Promise Party (Waad) formed by Hobeika and loyalists. Maronite Notorious Lebanese Forces splinter group
led by Hobeika; pro-Syrian
Lebanese Arab Army Lebanese National Movement's
(self-proclaimed) government		 LNM/LNRM Sunni (by default). Broke away from Lebanese Army;
considered itself the legitimate Lebanese Army
and at highpoint controlled
3/4 of Lebanese Army positions
Arab Red Knights Arab Democratic Party LNRM Alawite Pro-Syrian;
Small but received very considerable
support from Syria's Alawite leader;
eventually controlled Tripoli harbour
People’s Liberation Army Progressive Socialist Party LNM/LNRM Druze Power base in the Chouf
mountains south of Beirut
Lebanese Resistance Regiments
(abbreviated to Amal)		 Amal Movement LNM/LNRM Shi'a Militia created with Fatah support
Islamic Resistance Hezbollah LNM/LNRM Shi'a Evolved from Amal in early 80s,
initially as Iranian proxy
Palestinian Liberation Organization's
affiliated militias
(e.g. Fatah militia, PFLP-GC militia)		 Palestinian Liberation Organization Palestinian (at times fought
alongside LNM/LNRM)		 Palestinian Different PLO militias often fought
as proxies of different Arab states,
including Syria, Iraq, & Libya
Palestinian Liberation Army purely nominally, under the
Palestinian Liberation Organization		 As Syria required Palestinian Under Syrian command
Popular Guard Lebanese Communist Party LNM/LNRM Secular Secular, but most members nominally
from Orthodox & Armenian communities
SSNP militia Syrian Social Nationalist Party
(SSNP)		 LNM/LNRM Secular Advocated union with Syria;
1976 split into pro- and anti-Assad factions
members linked to assassinations
of Jumblatt and Gemayel[1]
Al-Mourabitoun Independent Nasserite Movement LNM/LNRM Sunni
Tawheed Islamic Unification Movement Sunni Islamist movement, mainly fought
the Syrian army and its allies in Tripoli
Divisions of Victory Union of Toiling Peoples Forces
(a Nasserite group)		 LNM/LNRM Muslim Pro-Syrian
Ba'ath militias Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party LNM/LNRM Muslim Split into two rival Ba'ath militias,
one pro-Iraqi,
the other pro-Syrian

References

  1. ↑ http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/lebanon/lb_appnb.html
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