Political Parties (Lebanon)

Last modified: 2002-11-16 by santiago dotor
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• Introduction
• Amal Party (El-Amal)
• Lebanese Phalanx (Kataeb or Phalanges Libanaises)
• National Liberal Party (Ahrar)
• Party of God (Hezbollah)
• Socialist Progressist Party (Hizb el-Takadumi el-Ishtiraki)
• South Lebanese Christians
• Syrian Social Nationalist Party
• Aramaic Democratic Organisation

See also:

• Lebanon

The Christians had two parties, the Jamail [Gemayel] family one (Kataeb) and the Chamoun family one (Ahrar).

Dov Gutterman, 11 May 1999

In Lebanon the word party hasn't got the same meaning as in the West. Parties usually unite members of the same religion and have an army of their own.

Anonymous, 31 August 2001