Lebanese Arab Army

Lebanese Arab Army (LAA)
جيش لبنان العربي
Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) ; جيش لبنان العربي
	Flag of the Lebanese Arab Army (1976-77)
Leaders	Ahmed Al-Khatib, Ahmed Boutari, Ahmad Ma'amari, Hussein Awwad, Ghazi Ghotaymi, Youssif Mansour, Ahmad Addam, Mustafa Hamdan
Dates of operation	January 1976 – February 1977
Headquarters	Hasbaya (Beqaa Valley)
Active regions	West Beirut, Beqaa Valley, Chouf District, Akkar District, Jabal Amel
Ideology	Secularization; Socialism; Pan-Arabism; Arab nationalism
Political position	Left-wing
Size	4,400 men
Part of	Lebanese National Movement
Allies	Lebanese Arab Gendarmerie; Arab Socialist Union (Lebanon); Progressive Socialist Party/Popular Liberation Forces (PLF); Al-Mourabitoun; Amal Movement; Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Libya; Iraq
Opponents	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); Internal Security Forces (ISF); As-Sa'iqa; Palestine Liberation Army (PLA); Syrian Army; Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Battles and wars	Lebanese 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.

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

[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.

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