Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG)

Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG)
حركة الشباب اللبنانية
LeadersMaroun Naim el-Khoury ("Bash Maroun")
Jean el-Khoury
Dates of operation1973–1977
HeadquartersDekwaneh, East Beirut
Active regionsEast Beirut, Mount Lebanon
IdeologyLebanese nationalism
Ultranationalism
Phoenicianism
Anti-communism
Anti-Palestinianism
Political positionFar-right
Size1,500 fighters
Part ofLebanese Front
Lebanese Forces
Allies Kataeb Regulatory Forces
Guardians of the Cedars (GoC)
Army of Free Lebanon (AFL)
Al-Tanzim
Tigers Militia
Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC)
Opponents Lebanese National Movement (LNM)
Lebanese Arab Army (LAA)
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Battles and warsLebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Youth Movement – LYM (Arabic: حركة الشباب اللبنانية | Harakat al-Shabab al-Lubnaniyya), also known as the Maroun Khoury Group (MKG), was a Christian militia which fought in the 1975-77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War.