Progressive Socialist Party militia

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The Progressive Socialist Party militia was a prominent Druze-led armed faction in Lebanon that played a major role in the country’s civil war, particularly in the Chouf and Mount Lebanon regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Progressive Socialist Party militia canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed faction ⓘ
militia ⓘ
activeDuringConflict Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
activePeriodEnd 1990 ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1975 ⓘ
alliedWith Amal Movement ⓘ
Lebanese National Movement factions ⓘ
Palestine Liberation Organization ⓘ
Syrian Army ⓘ
linked to: Syrian Arab Army
armedStrength several thousand fighters at peak ⓘ
baseOfSupport Druze villages in Chouf and Aley ⓘ
commandStructure under political direction of Walid Jumblatt ⓘ
conflictType sectarian civil war ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
disarmament largely disarmed after Taif Agreement ⓘ
disarmamentDate early 1990s ⓘ
ethnoReligiousComposition predominantly Druze ⓘ
founder Kamal Jumblatt ⓘ
fundingSource Progressive Socialist Party ⓘ
external regional patrons ⓘ
ideology left-wing nationalism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
leader Walid Jumblatt ⓘ
notableEvent consolidation of Druze control over large areas of Mount Lebanon ⓘ
expulsion of many Christian residents from parts of Chouf during Mountain War ⓘ
notableOpponents Maronite Christian militias in Mount Lebanon ⓘ
opposedTo Israeli Defense Forces ⓘ
Lebanese Forces militia ⓘ
linked to: Lebanese Forces

Lebanese Front ⓘ
Phalange Party militia ⓘ
South Lebanon Army ⓘ
politicalWing Progressive Socialist Party ⓘ
primaryAreaOfOperations Aley District ⓘ
Chouf ⓘ
linked to: Lebanon Mountains

Mount Lebanon ⓘ
southern Mount Lebanon ⓘ
linked to: southern Lebanon
religiousBase Druze community ⓘ
roleInConflict major Druze-led force in Mount Lebanon ⓘ
participant in sectarian fighting with Maronite militias ⓘ
protector of Druze villages in Chouf ⓘ
sideInConflict Lebanese National Movement ⓘ
pro-Palestinian camp ⓘ
statusAfterWar demobilized militia integrated into Lebanese political order ⓘ
successor Progressive Socialist Party security apparatus ⓘ
tookPartIn Chouf battles ⓘ
Mountain War (1983–1984) ⓘ
War of the Mountain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Lebanese Civil War → hasParticipant → Progressive Socialist Party militia ⓘ
Mountain War (1983–1984) → mainBelligerent → Progressive Socialist Party militia ⓘ
War of the Mountain → belligerent → Progressive Socialist Party militia ⓘ
Mountain War (Lebanon) → belligerent → Progressive Socialist Party militia ⓘ
Amal militia → opposedTo → Progressive Socialist Party militia ⓘ
Lebanese militias → included → Progressive Socialist Party militia ⓘ