Popular Guard

Popular Guard
الحرس الشعبي
Popular Guard ; الحرس الشعبي
	Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party since 1924
Leaders	George Hawi, Elias Atallah
Dates of operation	1970–1990; briefly in 2006
Group(s)	Lebanese Communist Party ; Lebanese National Movement (LNM), Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF)
Headquarters	Zarif (Beirut), Houla (Southern Lebanon)
Active regions	Beirut, Akkar District, Koura District, Southern Lebanon, Houla (Southern Lebanon)
Size	5,000 fighters
Allies	Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP); Communist Action Organization in Lebanon (OCAL); Lebanese Arab Army (LAA); Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)/ People's Liberation Army (PLA); Syrian Army; Hezbollah
Opponents	Lebanese Forces; Tigers Militia; Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF); Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC); Guardians of the Cedars (GoC); Army of Free Lebanon (AFL); Israel Defense Forces (IDF); South Lebanon Army (SLA); Amal Movement; Al-Mourabitoun; Sixth of February Movement; Islamic Unification Movement (IUM); Syrian Army
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)

The Popular Guard or Popular Guards – PG (Arabic: الحرس الشعبي | Al-Harās al-Sha‘abī) was the military wing of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP), which fought in the 1975–1977 phase of the Lebanese Civil War and subsequent conflicts. The LCP and its militia were members of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) and its successor, the Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF).

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