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Your continued donations keep Wikipedia runningLebanese ForcesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchThe neutrality of this article is disputed.Please see the discussion on the talk page.LebanonThis article is part of the series:Politics and government ofLebanonConstitutionPresidentEmile LahoudPrime MinisterFouad SinioraPresent governmentParliamentSpeakerPolitical partiesElectionsGovernoratesDistrictsForeign relationsOther countries #160;• #160;Politics #160;Portalview • talk • editThe Lebanese Forces (LF) (Arabic: ÇáÞæÇÊ ÇááÈäÇäíÉ) is a Lebanese resistance movement and a former militia which played a major role in the civil war that ravaged Lebanon from 1975 till 1990. After the civil war ended, the movement reinvented itself as a political party. Its activities were severely restricted by the Syrians and the pro-Syrian government in Beirut until the Cedar Revolution in early 2005 resulted in a withdrawal of Syrian troops out of Lebanon. The movement is officially secular, but in practice, it has always been supported almost exclusively by Christians, especially Maronites. The LF is represented by the White flag, with a red circle and a Cedar tree in the middle. The Circle to represent continuity and non-stop resistance, and red to symbolyse the LF martyrs blood, and the cedar tree as the lebanese official symbol.Contents1 Early history (1976–1982)2 The Amine Gemayel years (1982–1988)3 The Aoun years (1988–1990)4 The Second Republic (1990–2005)5 Samir Geagea finally freed6 Geagea facts:7 External links[edit]Early history (1976–1982)In opposition to an alliance of Palestinian and leftist Muslim militias, the Lebanese Forces (LF) were organized in 1976 under the leadership of Bachir Gemayel, and it was the military wing of the Lebanese Front, the main Christian political coalition. The LF was initially a loose coalition of disparate Christian militias, including the Tigers (linked to former President Camille Chamouns National Liberal Party, or Ahrar) and the militant Guardians of the Cedars, led by Etienne Saqr, and the Tanzim , and the military wing of the Kataeb Party of Bachir Gemayels father, Pierre Gemayel. Gemayel built the LF into a formidable fighting force . the Lebanese Forces which was fighting the palestinians, was left with no Amunitions and no arms. The only solution was to get weapons and help from Israel, the only country that was not helping and financing the PLO.The Syrian Army entered lebanon in 1976 and it started acting like the palestinian miltias. The lebanese Forces now considered the Syrian Army as an army of occupation and therefore, it started leading the resistance against it. The first clashes took place in Fiadieh, few kilometers east of Beirut. Ensued a series of battles between the lebanese Forces and the syrian army.After Sleiman Franjieh, fhe former president, Started to open links with the Syrians and with their main ally Rachid karami, The Lebanese Front was divided between Pierre gemaye
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