Lebanese Arab Army

Lebanese Arab Army (LAA)
جيش لبنان العربي
LeadersAhmed Al-Khatib, Ahmed Boutari, Ahmad Ma'amari, Hussein Awwad, Ghazi Ghotaymi, Youssif Mansour, Ahmad Addam, Mustafa Hamdan
Dates of operationJanuary 1976 – February 1977
Group(s)Lebanese National Movement
HeadquartersHasbaya (Beqaa Valley)
Active regionsWest Beirut, Beqaa Valley, Chouf District, Akkar District, Jabal Amel
IdeologySecularization
Socialism
Pan-Arabism
Arab nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing[1]
Size4,400 men
AlliesLebanon Lebanese National Movement
Lebanese Arab Gendarmerie
Arab Socialist Union (Lebanon)
/ Progressive Socialist Party/Popular Liberation Forces (PLF)
Al-Mourabitoun
Amal Movement
State of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Libya Libya
Iraq Iraq
OpponentsLebanese Front
Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF)
Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC)
Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG)
Al-Tanzim
Marada Brigade
Tigers Militia
Guardians of the Cedars (GoC)
Zahliote Group (ZG)
Army of Free Lebanon (AFL)
Lebanon Internal Security Forces (ISF)
As-Sa'iqa
State of Palestine Palestine Liberation Army (PLA)
Syria Syrian Army
Israel Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Battles and warsLebanese Civil War
Preceded by
900 men

The Lebanese Arab Army – LAA (Arabic: جيش لبنان العربي transliteration Jayish Lubnan al-Arabi), also known variously as the Arab Army of Lebanon (AAL) and Arab Lebanese Army or Armée arabe du Liban (AAL) in French, was a predominantly Muslim splinter faction of the Lebanese Army that came to play a key role in the 1975–77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

  1. ^ Kifner, John (24 May 1981). "Battered and Divided Army Mirrors Lebanese Civil Crisis". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 January 2024.