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Religious or Political Grouping/Name
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Acronym
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Baathist Party (Ruling party in Syria, formerly in Iraq)
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| Druze |
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Progressive Socialist Party
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PSP
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| Manonites |
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National Liberal Party
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Phalangist Party
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Tiger Militia
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Lebanese Forces
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NLP
LF
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| Palestinians |
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Palestinian Liberation Organization a.ka. Fatah, led by Yasser Arafat
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Progressive Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, headed
by Ahmad Jibril (Damascus, Syria and various sites in Lebanon)
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Fatah Revolutionary Council, headed by Abu Nidal
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Fatah-Intifada (Syria), headed by Colonel Abu Moussa
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Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Syria), opposed to PLO
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Usbat a-Ansar (League of Followers) (Lebanon), led by Abu Mahjan
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PLO
PFLP-GC
FRC
FI
DFLP
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| Shi'i |
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Amal (Syria)
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Hizbollah (Party of God) (Iran)
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| Sunni |
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Mouabioun Militia
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Al-Ahbash - non violent religous pro-Syrian
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Jama al-Islamiya
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People's Lebanese Congress, anti-Syrian
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Lebanese Movement for Islamic Unity
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LMIU
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| Other |
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Southern Lebanese Army, about 3000 man force in southern Lebanon allied
with Israel, made up of Christians, Sunni and Shi'i Moslems, and the Druze
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SLA
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