Lebanese Shia Islamic political organization and former militia
Lebanese Resistance Regimentsأفواج المقاومة اللبنانية Lebanese Resistance Regiments flag (1975-1991)
Founders Musa al-Sadr , Hussein el-Husseini , Nabih Berri , Mostafa Chamran , Hassan Nasrallah , Abbas al-Musawi , Naim Qassem , Imad Mughniyeh , Ragheb Harb [ 1] Spiritual leaders Musa al-Sadr Ragheb Harb [ 1] Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur [ 1] Political leaders Nabih Berri Hussein el-Husseini Mostafa Chamran Commanders Abbas al-Musawi Hassan Nasrallah Naim Qassem Imad Mughniyeh Abdel Karim Obeid Hussein al-Musawi Hamza akl Hamieh Mohammed Aknan Mohammad Saleh Mohamad Saad Daoud Daoud Mahmood Fakih Hassan JaafarDates of operation 1975 – 1991 Dissolved 1991 Merged into Hezbollah [ 2] Group(s) Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO)Organization of the Oppressed on Earth (OOE)[ 3] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Revolutionary Justice Organization (RJO)[ 3] [ 3] [ 6] [ 5] Islamic Dawa Party in Lebanon (IDP-L)[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] Islamic Amal (IA)[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] Jundallah and the Association of Muslim Students and Clerics (JAMSC)[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] Imam Hussein Suicide Squad (IHSS)[ 20] [ 21] [ 22] [ 23] Motives Resistance to Israeli occupation of South Lebanon and the desturction of State of Israel [ 24] [ 2] Headquarters Jnah (Chyah , Beirut )Active regions Chouf District , West Beirut , Southern Lebanon Ideology Lebanese nationalism [ 25] Patriotism [ 25] Militarism [ 25] Anti-imperialism [ 2] Anti-Zionism [ 2] Slogan To struggle against oppression (Tagline)[ 26] Status Disbanded Size 16,000 fighters Part of Amal Movement Front of Patriotic and National Parties (FPNP)Allies Lebanese National Movement (LNM) Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) Popular Nasserist Organization (PNO) Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)/ People's Liberation Army (PLA) Lebanese Communist Party (LCP)/Popular Guard Toilers League Zgharta Liberation Army (ZLA) Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) Syrian Army Opponents Lebanese Front Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) Lebanese Forces Lebanese Army Al-Mourabitoun Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)Sixth of February Movement Organization of Communist Action in Lebanon (OCAL) Lebanese Communist Party (LCP)/Popular Guard Progressive Socialist Party (PSP)/People's Liberation Army (PLA) Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)South Lebanon Army (SLA)
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Battles and wars Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)Preceded by 1,500
Shiite fighters
The Lebanese Resistance Regiments (Arabic : أفواج المقاومة اللبنانية , romanized : ʾAfwāj al-Muqāwama al-Lubnāniyya , or أَمَل AMAL ), also designated Lebanese Resistance Battalions , Lebanese Resistance Detachments , Lebanese Resistance Legions and Battalions de la Resistance Libanaise (BRL) , but simply known by its Arabic acronym أَمَل ʾAmal which means "Hope", were the military wing of the Amal Movement , a political organization representing the Muslim Shia community of Lebanon . The movement's political wing was officially founded in February 1973 from a previous organization bearing the same name and its military wing was formed in January 1975. The Amal militia was a major player in the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1991. The militia has now been disarmed, though the movement itself, now known as the Amal Movement (Arabic : Harakat Amal ), is a notable Shia political party in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah .
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