Former Christian splinter faction of the Lebanese Army during the Lebanese Civil War
Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) جيش لبنان الحر
Army of Free Lebanon flag (1976–78)
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)
Preceded by 700 men[2]
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.
^Collelo, Lebanon: a country study (1989), p. 239.
^Jureidini, McLaurin, and Price, Military operations in selected Lebanese built-up areas (1979), Introduction, p. 1.
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