Lebanese National Resistance Front (in armed struggle context)

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The Lebanese National Resistance Front was a leftist, multi-party guerrilla coalition that led armed resistance against Israeli occupation forces in Lebanon during the 1980s.

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instanceOf Lebanese political-military organization
armed resistance movement
guerrilla coalition
activePeriod 1980s
allianceType leftist-nationalist alliance
alsoKnownAs Jabhat al-Muqawama al-Wataniyya al-Lubnaniyya NERFINISHED
composition multi-party coalition
conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict NERFINISHED
Lebanese Civil War NERFINISHED
cooperatedWith Palestinian resistance organizations in Lebanon
country Lebanon
declineReason rise of Hezbollah as main resistance force
formedInResponseTo 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
goal expel Israeli forces from Lebanon
resist occupation
ideology leftist
includedFaction Arab Socialist Action Party – Lebanon NERFINISHED
Baathist elements
Lebanese Communist Party NERFINISHED
Nasserist elements
Syrian Social Nationalist Party NERFINISHED
language Arabic
militaryTactic guerrilla warfare
urban guerrilla warfare
movementType national resistance front NERFINISHED
nature non-confessional
notableAction attacks on Israeli patrols in South Lebanon
bombings against occupation-related targets
operationalArea Beirut NERFINISHED
Mount Lebanon NERFINISHED
South Lebanon NERFINISHED
opposedIdeology Zionism NERFINISHED
opposedTo Israeli occupation of Lebanon
politicalOrientation secular
primaryEnemy State of Israel NERFINISHED
recruitmentBase Palestinian fighters in Lebanon
leftist Lebanese activists
region Middle East
shortName LNRF NERFINISHED
startTime 1982
status defunct
supportedBy Syria NERFINISHED
targeted Israeli Defense Forces NERFINISHED
South Lebanon Army NERFINISHED
usedWeaponType improvised explosive devices
rocket attacks
small arms

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Lebanese National Movement succeededBy Lebanese National Resistance Front (in armed struggle context)