Lebanese Resistance Regiments
| Lebanese Resistance Regiments أفواج المقاومة اللبنانية | |
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Lebanese Resistance Regiments flag (1975-1991) | |
| Founders | Musa al-Sadr Hussein el-Husseini |
| Spiritual leaders | Musa al-Sadr Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine |
| Political leaders | Hussein el-Husseini Nabih Berri |
| Dates of operation | 1975–1991 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Motives | Resistance to Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon and equal rights for Lebanese Shia Muslims |
| Headquarters | Jnah (Chyah, Beirut) |
| Active regions | West Beirut Southern Lebanon Bekaa Valley Chouf District |
| Ideology | Lebanese Nationalism Patriotism Militarism Big Tent Anti-Imperialism Anti-Zionism Factions: |
| Slogan | "To struggle against oppression" |
| Status | Disbanded |
| Size | 16,000 fighters |
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| Allies | |
| Opponents | Sporadic conflicts: |
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| Part of a series on the |
| Amal Movement |
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The Lebanese Resistance Regiments (Arabic: أفواج المقاومة اللبنانية, romanized: ʾAfwāj al-Muqāwama al-Lubnāniyya, or أَمَل AMAL), also designated Lebanese Resistance Battalions, Lebanese Resistance Detachments, Lebanese Resistance Legions and Battalions de la Resistance Libanaise (BRL), but simply known by its Arabic acronym أَمَل ʾAmal which means "Hope", were the military wing of the Amal Movement, a political organization representing the Muslim Shia community of Lebanon. The movement's political wing was officially founded in February 1973 from a previous organization bearing the same name and its military wing was formed in January 1975. The Amal militia was a major player in the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1991. The militia has now been disarmed, though the movement itself, now known as the Amal Movement (Arabic: Harakat Amal), is a notable Shia political party in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah.