Army of Free Lebanon

Army of Free Lebanon
Army of Free Lebanon
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
Headquarters	Lebanon
Active regions	Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Northern Lebanon, Southern Lebanon and East Beirut
Ideology	Lebanese nationalism; Christian nationalism; Anti-communism;
Political position	Right-wing
Status	Disbanded
Size	3,000 men
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); Ba'athist Syria; ;
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War
	Preceded by; 700 men Succeeded by; South Lebanon Army

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.

^ Kifner, John (1981-05-24). "Battered and Divided Army Mirrors Lebanese Civil Crisis". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ Collelo, Lebanon: a country study (1989), p. 239.
^ Jureidini, McLaurin, and Price, Military operations in selected Lebanese built-up areas (1979), Introduction, p. 1.

[1] Kifner, John (1981-05-24). "Battered and Divided Army Mirrors Lebanese Civil Crisis". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[Collelo,_1989_p._239-2] Collelo, Lebanon: a country study (1989), p. 239.

[Jureidini,_McLaurin_1979_p._1-3] Jureidini, McLaurin, and Price, Military operations in selected Lebanese built-up areas (1979), Introduction, p. 1.

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