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 Israel Defense Forces
surface form: Israeli Defense Forces

Lebanese Forces
armedWith armored vehicles
light artillery
small arms
associatedWith Kataeb Party
surface form: Kataeb Regulatory Forces
commandedBy Bachir Gemayel
William Hawi
conflict Lebanese Civil War
country Lebanon
ethnicBase Maronite Christianity
surface form: 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 Phalange Party militia
this entity surface form: Lebanese Forces
1982 Lebanon War involvedParty Phalange Party militia
this entity surface form: Lebanese Forces
1982 Lebanon War involvedParty Phalange Party militia
this entity surface form: Phalangist militia
Syrian siege of Zahle belligerent Phalange Party militia
this entity surface form: Kataeb Regulatory Forces
Lebanese Front includedParty Phalange Party militia
this entity surface form: Zgharta Liberation Army
Lebanese Front includedMilitia Phalange Party militia
this entity surface form: Kataeb Regulatory Forces
Progressive Socialist Party militia opposedTo Phalange Party militia
Bus massacre of 13 April 1975 perpetrator Phalange Party militia
this entity surface form: Kataeb Party militia
Battle of the Hotels belligerent Phalange Party militia
Hundred Days War mainBelligerent Phalange Party militia
Sabra and Shatila massacre perpetrator Phalange Party militia
this entity surface form: Phalangist militia