Lebanese Arab Army

Lebanese Arab Army (LAA)
جيش لبنان العربي
Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) ; جيش لبنان العربي
	Flag of the Lebanese Arab Army (1976-77)
Leaders	Ahmed Al-Khatib; Ahmed Boutari; Ahmad Ma'amari; Hussein Awwad; Ghazi Ghotaymi; Youssif Mansour; Ahmad Addam; Mustafa Hamdan
Dates of operation	January 1976 – February 1977
Headquarters	Hasbaya (Southern Lebanon)
Active regions	West Beirut, Beqaa Valley, Chouf District, Akkar District, Southern Lebanon
Ideology	Socialism; Pan-Arabism; Arab nationalism; secularism
Political position	Left-wing
Status	Disbanded
Size	5,000 men
Part of	Lebanese National Movement
Allies	Amal Movement Lebanese Resistance Regiments; ; PSP People's Liberation Army; ; LCP Popular Guard; ; SSNP-L Eagles of the Whirlwind; ; Al-Mourabitoun; ASAP-L; CAOL; Ba'ath Party; PNO; Toilers League; Knights of Ali; UWPF; PLO Fatah; PFLP; DFLP; Palestinian Liberation Front; As-Sa'iqa; ; Libya; Iraq;
Opponents	Lebanese Front Kataeb Party Kataeb Regulatory Forces; ; NLP Tigers Militia; ; Al-Tanzim; Guardians of the Cedars; Lebanese Youth Movement; Tyous Team of Commandos; ; Army of Free Lebanon; Lebanese Armed Forces; Syria Syrian Arab Army; ; Israel Israel Defense Forces; ;
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Arab Army – LAA (Arabic: جيش لبنان العربي transliteration Jayish Lubnan al-Arabi), also known variously as the Arab Army of Lebanon (AAL) and Arab Lebanese Army (ALA) or Army of Arab Lebanon or Armée arabe du Liban (AAL) in French, was a predominantly Muslim splinter faction of the Lebanese Army that came to play a key role in the 1975–77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War.