Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party
Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party حزب طليعة لبنان العربي الاشتراكي | |
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Leader | Abd al-Majid al-Rafei |
Founded | 1966 |
Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
Ideology | Ba'athism Socialism Secularism Saddamism Anti-Zionism |
International affiliation | Iraqi-led Ba'ath Party |
Colors | Black, Red, White and Green |
Battles/Wars | Lebanese Civil War 1978 South Lebanon conflict Battle of the Hotels Siege of Beirut |
Parliament of Lebanon | 0 / 128 |
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The Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party (
The existence of the Lebanese branch of the Iraqi-led Ba'ath Party has much longer roots than its Syrian-led counterpart. Following the 1966 split in the Ba'ath Party between Iraqi and Syrian-dominated factions, the pro-Iraqi party was led by Abd al-Majid Rafei.[4][5]
At first, the pro-Iraqi party and the pro-Syrian party worked side-by-side in the
Syrias Intervention in Lebanon
Lebanese Civil War
During the Lebanese Civil War, the Lebanese parliament formed the National Dialogue Committee in 1975. Assem Qanso of the pro-Syrian party became a member, but no figures from the pro-Iraqi Ba'ath Party were given a seat on the committee.[13] The party was a member of the Lebanese National Movement, a political alliance led by Kamal Jumblatt of the Progressive Socialist Party, and had an organized a militia of around 2000 armed men that received its funding and weapons by Iraq.[14][15]
The party was a big critic of both Syria and Israels invasions of Lebanon. The party supported the Lebanese arab identity and wanted an arab state. It was a main factor in the battle of the hotels and Israels invasions of Lebanon 1978 and 1982.
Following the execution of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr by Saddam Hussein in April 1980, the party came into conflict with Amal Movement, which culminated in tit-for-tat assassinations and clashes in Shia majority suburbs of Dahieh until late 1981.[16][17] In November 1981, Tahsein al-Atrash, leader of the Ba'ath branch at the time, was shot dead.[18]
See also
References
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