Lebanese Arab Army

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Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) جيش لبنان العربي
Flag of the Lebanese Arab Army (1976-77)
Leaders	Ahmed Al-Khatib, Ahmed Boutari, Ahmad Ma'amari, Hussein Awwad, Ghazi Ghotaymi, Youssif Mansour, Ahmad Addam, Mustafa Hamdan
Dates of operation	January 1976 – February 1977
Group(s)	Lebanese National Movement
Headquarters	Hasbaya (Beqaa Valley)
Active regions	West Beirut, Beqaa Valley, Chouf District, Akkar District, Jabal Amel
Ideology	Secularization Socialism Pan-Arabism Arab nationalism
Political position	Left-wing[1]
Size	4,400 men
Allies	Lebanese National Movement Lebanese Arab Gendarmerie Arab Socialist Union (Lebanon) / Progressive Socialist Party/Popular Liberation Forces (PLF) Al-Mourabitoun Amal Movement Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Libya Iraq
Opponents	Lebanese Front Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC) Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG) Al-Tanzim Marada Brigade Tigers Militia Guardians of the Cedars (GoC) Zahliote Group (ZG) Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) Internal Security Forces (ISF) As-Sa'iqa Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) Syrian Army Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War
Preceded by 900 men

The Lebanese Arab Army – LAA (Arabic: جيش لبنان العربي transliteration Jayish Lubnan al-Arabi), also known variously as the Arab Army of Lebanon (AAL) and Arab Lebanese Army or Armée arabe du Liban (AAL) in French, was a predominantly Muslim splinter faction of the Lebanese Army that came to play a key role in the 1975–77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War.