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Popular Guard الحرس الشعبي
Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party since 1924
Leaders
George Hawi, Elias Atallah
Dates of operation
1970–1990; briefly in 2006
Group(s)
Lebanese Communist Party Lebanese National Movement (LNM), Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF)
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP) Communist Action Organization in Lebanon (OCAL) Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)/ People's Liberation Army (PLA) Syrian Army Hezbollah
Opponents
Lebanese Forces Tigers Militia Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC) Guardians of the Cedars (GoC) Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) South Lebanon Army (SLA) Amal Movement Al-Mourabitoun Sixth of February Movement Islamic Unification Movement (IUM) Syrian Army
Battles and wars
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)
Preceded by 600–700 fighters
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