Tigers Militia

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The Tigers Militia was a prominent right-wing Christian Lebanese militia associated with the Kataeb Party that played a significant role in the Lebanese Civil War.

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instanceOf Lebanese militia
paramilitary organization
activeIn Lebanese Civil War NERFINISHED
alliedWith Lebanese Front NERFINISHED
armedWingOf National Liberal Party NERFINISHED
associatedWith Kataeb Party NERFINISHED
National Liberal Party NERFINISHED
attackedBy Lebanese Forces NERFINISHED
Phalange militia NERFINISHED
conflict Lebanese Civil War NERFINISHED
country Lebanon
disbandedAfter Safra massacre NERFINISHED
disbandedIn 1980
ethnicComposition predominantly Maronite Christians
foundedBy Camille Chamoun NERFINISHED
goal defend Christian areas in Lebanon
ideology right-wing
ideologyDetail Lebanese nationalism
anti-Palestinian armed presence in Lebanon
leader Dany Chamoun NERFINISHED
nameOrigin nickname of Camille Chamoun "The Tiger"
notableEvent Safra massacre NERFINISHED
notableFor role in early stages of the Lebanese Civil War
operatedIn East Beirut NERFINISHED
Lebanon NERFINISHED
Mount Lebanon NERFINISHED
opposedTo Lebanese National Movement NERFINISHED
Palestine Liberation Organization NERFINISHED
leftist and Palestinian factions in Lebanon
partOf Lebanese Front NERFINISHED
politicalAffiliation Kataeb Party NERFINISHED
politicalWing National Liberal Party NERFINISHED
region Middle East
religiousAffiliation Christian
Maronite Christian
rival Lebanese Forces NERFINISHED
Phalange militia NERFINISHED
status defunct
timePeriod 1970s
1980
typeOf Christian right-wing militia
usedLanguage Arabic

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Lebanese Front includedMilitia Tigers Militia
Hundred Days War mainBelligerent Tigers Militia