Amal Movement

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The Amal Movement is a Lebanese Shia political party and militia that emerged in the 1970s and became a major armed and political force in Lebanon, particularly during and after the Lebanese Civil War.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shia political organization ⓘ
militia ⓘ
political party ⓘ
activeDuring Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
alliedWith Hezbollah ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
armedStatus retained weapons after Lebanese Civil War to some extent ⓘ
associatedWithOffice Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
currentLeader Nabih Berri ⓘ
flagColor green ⓘ
flagSymbol stylized Arabic word Amal ⓘ
focusesOn Shia communal rights in Lebanon ⓘ
political representation of Shia in Lebanon ⓘ
foundedAs Afwaj al-Muqawama al-Lubnaniyya ⓘ
foundedBy Hussein el-Husseini ⓘ
Musa al-Sadr ⓘ
foundedInDecade 1970s ⓘ
hasArmedWing Amal militia ⓘ
hasWing military wing ⓘ
political wing ⓘ
ideology Lebanese nationalism ⓘ
Shia Islamism ⓘ
leaderTitle President of the Amal Movement ⓘ
memberOf March 8 Alliance ⓘ
nameLanguage Arabic ⓘ
nameMeaning Hope ⓘ
notableEvent disappearance of founder Musa al-Sadr in Libya in 1978 ⓘ
notableLeader Hussein el-Husseini ⓘ
Musa al-Sadr ⓘ
Nabih Berri ⓘ
operatesIn Lebanese political system ⓘ
opposedGroup Palestine Liberation Organization ⓘ
Sunni militias during Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
participatedInConflict Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
War of the Camps ⓘ
participatesIn Lebanese parliamentary politics ⓘ
politicalPosition Shia communal party ⓘ
center to center-right on Lebanese spectrum ⓘ
primaryAreaOfActivity Beirut ⓘ
Beqaa Valley ⓘ
South Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: southern Lebanon
primarySupportBase Lebanese Shia community ⓘ
recognizedBy Lebanese state ⓘ
linked to: Lebanon
region Middle East ⓘ
religiousOrientation Shia Islam ⓘ
representedIn Lebanese government cabinets ⓘ
Parliament of Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: Lebanese Parliament
successorOf Movement of the Deprived ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lebanese Civil War → hasParticipant → Amal Movement ⓘ
Hezbollah → alliedWith → Amal Movement ⓘ
1982 Lebanon War → involvedParty → Amal Movement ⓘ
Southern Lebanon → politicallyInfluencedBy → Amal Movement ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Lebanon
Cedar Revolution → opposedBy → Amal Movement ⓘ
South Lebanon Army → opposedTo → Amal Movement ⓘ
War of the Camps → mainBelligerent → Amal Movement ⓘ
War of the Camps → conflict → Amal–Palestinian conflict ⓘ
linked to: Amal Movement
March 8 Alliance → dominantMember → Amal Movement ⓘ
March 8 Alliance → member → Amal Movement ⓘ
March 8 Alliance → alliedWith → Amal Movement ⓘ
Jabal Amel → associatedWith → Amal Movement ⓘ
South Lebanon security zone → opposedBy → Amal Movement ⓘ
South Lebanon Army → opposedTo → Amal Movement ⓘ
subject linked to: SLA
Saad Haddad → opposedBy → Amal Movement ⓘ
Antoine Lahad → opposedBy → Amal Movement ⓘ
Musa al-Sadr → founded → Amal Movement ⓘ
Hussein el-Husseini → coFounderOf → Amal Movement ⓘ
Hussein el-Husseini → politicalMovement → Amal Movement ⓘ
Nabih Berri → politicalParty → Amal Movement ⓘ
Nabih Berri → memberOf → Amal Movement ⓘ
Amal–PLO War → mainBelligerent → Amal Movement ⓘ
Amal–PLO War → opponent → Amal Movement ⓘ
Amal militia → armedWingOf → Amal Movement ⓘ
Amal militia → partOf → Amal Movement ⓘ
Amal militia → politicalWing → Amal Movement ⓘ
Siege of Shatila refugee camp → belligerentRoleOf → Amal Movement as besieging force ⓘ
linked to: Amal Movement
Marada Movement → alliedWith → Amal Movement ⓘ