Front of Patriotic and National Parties
| Front of Patriotic and National Parties | |
|---|---|
| Participant in Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) | |
|
no Image Front of Patriotic and National Parties logo (1976-1982). | |
| Active | Until 1982 |
| Leaders | Musa al-Sadr, Kamal Shatila |
| Headquarters | Beirut |
| Allies | Syrian Army |
| Opponents | Lebanese Front, Lebanese National Movement (LNM), Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) |
The Front of Patriotic and National Parties – FPNP (Arabic: Jabhat al-Ahzab wa al-Kiwa al-Wataniyya) or Front Patriotique des Parties Nacionaux (FPPN) in French, was a Syrian-backed coalition of Lebanese Political parties and militias formed in the late 1970s.
Origins
It was formed in late March 1976 at West Beirut by breakaway sections of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM), which included the pro-Syrian factions of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon (SSNP) and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region, the Shia Amal Movement led by Musa al-Sadr, Kamal Shatila's Union of Working People's Forces (UWPF) and the Kurdish Razkari Party.
Decline and demise
The alliance lasted until mid-1982, when it collapsed together with their LNM rival in the wake of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
See also
References
- Edgar O'Ballance, Civil War in Lebanon, 1975-92, Palgrave Macmillan, 1998. ISBN 0-333-72975-7
- Rex Brynen, Sanctuary and Survival: the PLO in Lebanon, Boulder: Westview Press, 1990.