Lebanese Front

Lebanese Front
الجبهة اللبنانية
Lebanese Front; الجبهة اللبنانية
Leaders	Pierre Gemayel; Camille Chamoun; Suleiman Franjieh
Dates of operation	1976–1986
Group(s)	Kataeb Party; National Liberal Party; Marada Movement; Guardians of the Cedars; Al-Tanzim; Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG); Tyous Team of Commandos; Zahliote Group; Shuraya Party; Vanguard of the Maani Army (MDJ); (Other minor organizations)
Headquarters	Beirut
Ideology	Lebanese nationalism; Anti-communism; Anti-pan-Arabism; Factions:; Christian nationalism; Falangism; Fascism (allegedly); Phoenicianism; Anti-Arabism; Anti-Palestinianism
Size	20,000 (1976); >90,000 (1978-1986)
Allies	Israeli Defense Forces (IDF); Army of Free Lebanon (AFL); South Lebanon Army (SLA); Lebanese Army Revolutionary Command (LARC); Lebanese Armed Forces (sometimes); Syrian Armed Forces (until 1978)
Opponents	Lebanese National Movement (LNM); Lebanese Armed Forces (sometimes); Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF); Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO); Lebanese Communist Party (LCP); People's Liberation Army (PLA); Syrian Social National Party (SSNP); Syrian Armed Forces (1978–1990)
Battles and wars	Lebanese War (1975–1986)

The Lebanese Front (Arabic: الجبهة اللبنانية, al-Jabha al-Lubnaniyya) was a coalition of mainly right-wing Lebanese Nationalist parties formed in 1976 by majority Christian groups during the Lebanese Civil War. It was intended to act as a reaction force to the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) of Kamal Jumblatt and other left-wing allies.

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