People's Liberation Army (Lebanon)

People's Liberation Army – PLA
جيش التحرير الشعبي
People's Liberation Army – PLA ; جيش التحرير الشعبي
	People's Liberation Army (PLA) flag
Leaders	Kamal Jumblatt; Walid Jumblatt
Dates of operation	1958; 1975–1994
Headquarters	Baakline (Chouf District)
Active regions	Chouf District, Aley District, West Beirut, Northern Lebanon, Southern Lebanon
Ideology	Socialism; Anti-imperialism; Druze minority interests; Secularism
Status	Disbanded
Size	17,000 fighters
Part of	Progressive Socialist Party; Lebanese National Movement; Lebanese National Resistance Front;
Allies	1958; United Arab Republic; Najjadeh Party ; Lebanese Communist Party ; Al-Mourabitoun; 1975–1994 LCP Popular Guard; ; SSNP-L Eagles of the Whirlwind; ; Amal Movement Lebanese Resistance Regiments; ; Lebanese Arab Army; Al-Mourabitoun (until 1983); ASAP-L; CAOL; Ba'ath Party; PNO; Toilers League; Knights of Ali (until 1976); Marada Brigade; Syria Syrian Arab Army; ; PLO Fatah; PFLP; DFLP; Palestinian Liberation Front; As-Sa'iqa; ; LFEC;
Opponents	1958; Lebanese Armed Forces; Pro Government Militas; Kataeb Party; 1975–1994 Lebanese Front Kataeb Party Kataeb Regulatory Forces; ; NLP Tigers Militia; ; Al-Tanzim; Guardians of the Cedars; Lebanese Youth Movement; Tyous Team of Commandos; Vanguard of the Maani Army; ; Lebanese Forces; Lebanese Armed Forces; Army of Free Lebanon; South Lebanon Army; Israel Israel Defense Forces; ; Sixth of February Movement; Knights of Ali (after 1976); Al-Mourabitoun (after 1983); Syria Syrian Arab Army (sporadic conflicts); ; Amal Movement Lebanese Resistance Regiments (sporadic conflicts); ;
Battles and wars	1958 Lebanon crisis; Lebanese Civil War; South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)

The People's Liberation Army – PLA (Arabic: جيش التحرير الشعبي | Jayish al-Tahrir al-Sha'aby), also known as the Armée populaire de libération (APL) in French or Forces of the Martyr Kamal Jumblatt (Arabic: قوات الشهيد كمال جنبلاط | Quwwat al-Shahid Kamal Junblat), was the military wing of the left-wing Druze Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), which fought in the Lebanese Civil War. The PSP and its militia were members of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) from 1975 to 1982 and its successor, the Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF) from 1983 to 1990.