Lebanese National Resistance Front
The Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF; Arabic: جبهة المقاومة الوطنية اللبنانية, romanized: Jabhat al-Muqawama al-Wataniyya al-Lubnaniyya), best known by its Arabic acronym, ‘Jammoul’ (جمول), was a leftist alliance active in Lebanon in the 1980s. It acted as a successor to the Lebanese National Movement, which ceased to exist after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
| Lebanese National Resistance Front | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | George Hawi Mahdi Amel Elias Atallah Muhsin Ibrahim Walid Jumblatt Inaam Raad Hussein Hamdan |
| Dates of operation | 1982–1999 |
| Group(s) | Lebanese Communist Party Communist Action Organization Progressive Socialist Party Arab Socialist Action Party – Lebanon Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon Armed Revolutionary Factions Popular Nasserist Organization Arab Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Beirut Kfar Remen |
| Ideology | Arab nationalism Marxism-Leninism Anti-Zionism Revolutionary socialism Arab socialism Pan-Arabism Anti-imperialism Secularism Syrian nationalism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Size | 25,000 fighters |
| Allies | Palestine Liberation Organization
Al-Mourabitoun Amal Movement Hezbollah ASALA PKK Syrian Armed Forces |
| Opponents | Lebanese Forces Israel Defense Forces (IDF) South Lebanon Army (SLA) |
| Battles and wars | the Lebanese Civil War and the South Lebanon conflict |
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