People's Liberation Army (Lebanon)

People's Liberation Army – PLA
جيش التحرير الشعبي
LeadersKamal Jumblatt and Walid Jumblatt
Dates of operation1975–1994
Group(s)Progressive Socialist Party
Lebanese National Movement
Lebanese National Resistance Front (Jammoul)
HeadquartersBaakline (Chouf District)
Active regionsChouf District, Aley District, Mount Lebanon, West Beirut, Northern Lebanon, Southern Lebanon
IdeologySocialism
Anti-imperialism
Druze minority interests
Secularism
StatusDisbanded
Size17,000 fighters
Allies Lebanese Arab Army (LAA)
Amal Movement
Popular Nasserist Organization (PNO)
Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)
Zgharta Liberation Army (ZLA)
Lebanese Forces – Executive Command (LFEC)
Lebanese Communist Party (LCP)/Popular Guard
Organization of Communist Action in Lebanon (OCAL)
Al-Mourabitoun
Palestine Liberation Organization Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Kurdish Democratic Party – Lebanon (KDP-L)
Syria Syrian Army
Opponents Lebanese Front
Lebanese Forces
Lebanon Lebanese Army
Lebanon Internal Security Forces (ISF)
Army of Free Lebanon (AFL)
Vanguard of the Maani Army (Movement of the Druze Jihad)
Knights of Ali
Amal Movement
Al-Mourabitoun
Sixth of February Movement
Palestine Liberation Organization Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
South Lebanon Army (SLA)
Syria Syrian Army
Israel Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Battles and warsLebanese Civil War (1975–1990)
Preceded by
3,000 fighters

The People's Liberation ArmyPLA (Arabic: جيش التحرير الشعبي | Jayish al-Tahrir al-Sha'aby), also known as the Armée populaire de libération (APL) in French or Forces of the Martyr Kamal Jumblatt (Arabic: قوات الشهيد كمال جنبلاط | Quwwat al-Shahid Kamal Junblat), was the military wing of the left-wing Druze Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), which fought in the Lebanese Civil War. The PSP and its militia were members of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) from 1975 to 1982.