Zgharta Liberation Army

Marada Brigade/Zgharta Liberation Army جيش تحرير زغرتا
Leaders	Tony Frangieh, Robert Frangieh, Suleiman Frangieh Jr.
Dates of operation	1967 – 1991
Headquarters	Zgharta, Ehden
Active regions	Northern Lebanon, Tripoli, Mount Lebanon, El-Koura, East Beirut
Ideology	Lebanese nationalism Christian nationalism Christian right Anti-Zionism
Size	2,400–3,500 fighters
Part of	Lebanese Front Lebanese National Salvation Front (LNSF)
Allies	Lebanese Army Amal Movement Syrian Army Palestinian National Salvation Front) Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) Hezbollah Toilers League
Opponents	Lebanese National Movement (LNM) Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC) Lebanese Forces Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Lebanese Army Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) Al-Tanzim Tigers Militia Guardians of the Cedars (GoC)
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War
Preceded by 700–800 men

The Zgharta Liberation Army – ZLA (Arabic: جيش تحرير زغرتا, romanized: Jayish Tahrir Zaghrita), also known as Zghartawi Liberation Army, was the paramilitary branch of the Lebanese Marada Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. The militia was formed in 1967 by the future President of Lebanon and za'im Suleiman Frangieh as the Marada Brigade (also translated as Mardaite Brigade^{[clarification needed]}) seven years before the war began. The force was initially commanded by Suleiman Franjieh's son, Tony Frangieh until his killing in the 1978 Ehden massacre. It operated mainly out of Tripoli and Zgharta, but it also fought in Beirut. The ZLA fought against various Palestinian and Lebanese Muslim militias as well as the Lebanese Forces in Bsharri and Ehden.^[1]