Tigers Militia

Tigers militia
نمور الأحرار
Tigers militia ; نمور الأحرار
	NLP Tigers militia patch (1968–1980)
Leaders	Naim Berdkan, Dany Chamoun, Dory Chamoun
Dates of operation	October 1968 – August 1980
Group(s)	Lebanese Front, Lebanese Forces
Headquarters	Sodeco Square (Achrafieh – Beirut), Safra
Active regions	East Beirut, Mount Lebanon, South Lebanon
Size	3,500 fighters
Allies	Lebanese Army; Army of Free Lebanon (AFL); Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF); Lebanese Forces; Guardians of the Cedars (GoC); Al-Tanzim; Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC); Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG); Marada Brigade; South Lebanon Army (SLA); Israel Defense Forces (IDF);
Opponents	Lebanese National Movement (LNM); Lebanese Arab Army (LAA); Lebanese Forces (1980); Amal Movement; Popular Nasserist Organization (PNO); Al-Mourabitoun; Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC); Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Palestine Liberation Army (PLA); Syrian Army;
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)
	Preceded by; 500 fighters

The Tigers militia (Arabic: نمور الأحرار, transliterated: Numur al-Ahrar), also known as NLP Tigers, Tigers of the Liberals (Arabic: نمور الليبراليين‎, transliterated: Numur al-Liybiraliyyn) or PNL "Lionceaux" in French, was the military wing of the National Liberal Party (NLP) during the Lebanese Civil War between 1975 and 1990.

^ El-Kazen, The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon (2000), p. 304.
^ Makdisi and Sadaka, The Lebanese Civil War, 1975–1990 (2003), p. 44, Table 1: War Period Militias.
^ McGowan, Roberts, Abu Khalil, and Scott Mason, Lebanon: a country study (1989), p. 240.

[1] El-Kazen, The Breakdown of the State in Lebanon (2000), p. 304.

[2] Makdisi and Sadaka, The Lebanese Civil War, 1975–1990 (2003), p. 44, Table 1: War Period Militias.

[3] McGowan, Roberts, Abu Khalil, and Scott Mason, Lebanon: a country study (1989), p. 240.

[1]

[2]

[3]

Tigers militia نمور الأحرار
NLP Tigers militia patch (1968–1980)
Leaders	Naim Berdkan, Dany Chamoun, Dory Chamoun
Dates of operation	October 1968 – August 1980
Group(s)	Lebanese Front, Lebanese Forces
Headquarters	Sodeco Square (Achrafieh – Beirut), Safra
Active regions	East Beirut, Mount Lebanon, South Lebanon
Size	3,500 fighters^[1]^[2]
Allies	Lebanese Army Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF) Lebanese Forces Guardians of the Cedars (GoC) Al-Tanzim Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC) Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG) Marada Brigade South Lebanon Army (SLA) Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Opponents	Lebanese National Movement (LNM) Lebanese Arab Army (LAA) Lebanese Forces (1980) Amal Movement Popular Nasserist Organization (PNO) Al-Mourabitoun Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC) Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) Syrian Army
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)
Preceded by 500 fighters^[3]