Phalange Party militia

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The Phalange Party militia was a right-wing Christian Lebanese paramilitary force that played a major role in the Lebanese Civil War, known for its involvement in sectarian fighting and close ties to the Kataeb (Phalange) political party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf militia
non-state armed group
paramilitary organization
activeIn Beirut
East Beirut
Lebanon
Mount Lebanon
alliedWith Israeli Defense Forces
Lebanese Forces
armedWith armored vehicles
light artillery
small arms
associatedWith Kataeb Regulatory Forces
linked to: Kataeb Party
commandedBy Bachir Gemayel
William Hawi
conflict Lebanese Civil War
country Lebanon
ethnicBase Lebanese Maronites
foundedBy Pierre Gemayel
goal defense of Christian areas in Lebanon
opposition to Palestinian armed presence in Lebanon
headquarters East Beirut
ideology right-wing
involvedInEvent Battle of the Hotels
Black Saturday (Lebanon)
Sabra and Shatila massacre
linkedTo Gemayel family
mergedInto Lebanese Forces
notableFor involvement in Lebanese Civil War
participation in Sabra and Shatila massacre
sectarian violence
opposedTo Lebanese National Movement
Muslim militias in Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
leftist militias in Lebanon
partOf Lebanese Front
politicalAlignment Kataeb Party
Phalange Party
religiousBase Maronite Christian
religiousOrientation Christian
roleInConflict major Christian militia in Lebanese Civil War
status defunct
supportedBy Israel
some Western countries
timePeriod 1970s
1980s
typeOfOrganization party militia

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Lebanese Civil War hasParticipant Phalange Party militia
Lebanese Civil War hasParticipant Lebanese Forces
linked to: Phalange Party militia
1982 Lebanon War involvedParty Lebanese Forces
linked to: Phalange Party militia
1982 Lebanon War involvedParty Phalangist militia
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Syrian siege of Zahle belligerent Kataeb Regulatory Forces
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Lebanese Front includedParty Zgharta Liberation Army
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Lebanese Front includedMilitia Kataeb Regulatory Forces
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Progressive Socialist Party militia opposedTo Phalange Party militia
Bus massacre of 13 April 1975 perpetrator Kataeb Party militia
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Battle of the Hotels belligerent Phalange Party militia
Hundred Days War mainBelligerent Phalange Party militia
Sabra and Shatila massacre perpetrator Phalangist militia
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Lebanese Forces originatedFrom Kataeb Party militia
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Kataeb Party paramilitaryWing Kataeb Regulatory Forces
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Tigers Militia attackedBy Phalange militia
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Tigers Militia rival Phalange militia
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Siege of Tel al-Zaatar hasParticipant Phalange Party militia
Siege of Tel al-Zaatar perpetrator Phalange Party militia
Phalange Party hasParamilitaryWing Kataeb Regulatory Forces
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Black Saturday (Lebanon) perpetrators Phalangist militias
linked to: Phalange Party militia
William Hawi militaryBranch Kataeb Regulatory Forces
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Ain El Remmaneh bus massacre perpetrators Phalangist gunmen
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Ain El Remmaneh bus massacre perpetrators Kataeb Party militiamen
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Harb al-Miaw Yawm belligerent Kataeb Party militia
subject linked to: Harb al-Miaw Yawm (Arabic)
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Bashir Gemayel memberOf Phalange militia
linked to: Phalange Party militia
East Beirut notableMilitiaPresence Kataeb Regulatory Forces
linked to: Phalange Party militia
Lebanese militias included Phalange Party militia (Kataeb Regulatory Forces)
linked to: Phalange Party militia