Dhofar Liberation Front

Dhofar Liberation Front
جبهة تحرير ظفار (Arabic)
Also known asDLF
Leaders
Foundation26 December 1964
Dates of operation1965–1968
Active regionsDhofar (Liberated Areas)
Ideology

SloganLong Live Dhofar, Arab and Free
Allies
Opponents
WarsDhofar rebellion

Dhofar Liberation Front (DLF; Arabic: جبهة تحرير ظفار) was a revolutionary organization that operated in the Dhofar Governorate of Oman from 1965 to 1968. Established on 26 December 1964 following the merger of the Dhufari Soldiers' Organization and the Dhofar Benevolent Society, its main aims were to end the rule of Sultan Said bin Taimur, and to end British imperial influence in the region. The front initiated the Dhofar Rebellion in June 1965.

Initially an Arab nationalist and Dhufarist movement, the organization underwent an ideological shift toward Marxism–Leninism following the independence of South Yemen in 1967, eventually transforming into the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG) during the Hamrin Congress in 1968.

The two key leadership figures that would be at the core of the organization were Musallam bin Nufl and Yusuf bin Alawi. They began the Dhofar rebellion against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and were supported by South Yemen after its independence in 1967. Almost all weapons were supplied through South Yemen, and many of the cadres went to China to study guerrilla warfare.