Kataeb Regulatory Forces

Kataeb Regulatory Forces
قوات الكتائب النظامية
LeadersWilliam Hawi, Bachir Gemayel, Amine Gemayel
Dates of operation1961–1980
HeadquartersAchrafieh, Karantina (Beirut), Bikfaya
Active regionsEast Beirut, Matn District, Mount Lebanon, Southern Lebanon
Size15,000 fighters
Part ofKataeb Party
Lebanese Front
Lebanese Forces
AlliesLebanon Lebanese Army
Army of Free Lebanon (AFL)
Guardians of the Cedars (GoC)
Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC)
Al-Tanzim
Tigers Militia
Marada Brigade
Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG)
Israel Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Until 1982)
OpponentsLebanon Lebanese National Movement (LNM)
Tigers Militia
Marada Brigade
Lebanese Arab Army (LAA)
Amal Movement
Lebanon Lebanese Army
State of Palestine Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
State of Palestine Palestine Liberation Army (PLA)
Syria Syrian Army
Battles and warsLebanese Civil War (1975–1990)
Preceded by
8,000 fighters

The Kataeb Regulatory Forces – KRF (Arabic: قوات الكتائب النظامية, romanizedQuwwāt al-Katāʾib an-Niẓāmiyyah) or Forces Régulatoires des Kataeb (FRK) in French, were the military wing of the right-wing Lebanese Christian Kataeb Party, otherwise known as the 'Phalange', from 1961 to 1977. The Kataeb militia, which fought in the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, was the predecessor of the Lebanese Forces.


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