Front of Patriotic and National Parties

Front of Patriotic and National Parties
جبهة الأحزاب الوطنية والقومية
LeadersMusa al-Sadr
Nabih Berri
Kamal Chatila
Dates of operation1976 – 1982
Groups Amal Movement
SSNP-L (pro-Syrian faction)
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Lebanon (pro-Syrian faction)
Union of Working People's Forces
Razkari Party
HeadquartersWest Beirut
Active regionsWest Beirut, Beqaa Valley, Southern Lebanon
Allies Syria
PNSF
Marada Brigade
Arab Democratic Party
Lebanese National Movement (from 1978)
Opponents Lebanese Front
South Lebanon Army
Lebanese National Movement (until 1978)
Palestine Liberation Organization
Lebanese Armed Forces
Israel
WarsLebanese Civil War (1975-1990)

The Front of Patriotic and National Parties – FPNP (Arabic: جبهة الأحزاب الوطنية والقومية | Jabhat al-Ahzab al-Wataniyya wal-Qawmiyya) was a Syrian-backed coalition of Lebanese Political parties and militias formed in the late 1970s.