Tigers Militia

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The Tigers Militia was a prominent right-wing Christian Lebanese militia associated with the Kataeb Party that played a significant role in the Lebanese Civil War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tigers Militia canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lebanese militia ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeIn Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
alliedWith Lebanese Front ⓘ
armedWingOf National Liberal Party ⓘ
associatedWith Kataeb Party ⓘ
National Liberal Party ⓘ
attackedBy Lebanese Forces ⓘ
Phalange militia ⓘ
conflict Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
country Lebanon ⓘ
disbandedAfter Safra massacre ⓘ
disbandedIn 1980 ⓘ
ethnicComposition predominantly Maronite Christians ⓘ
foundedBy Camille Chamoun ⓘ
goal defend Christian areas in Lebanon ⓘ
ideology right-wing ⓘ
ideologyDetail Lebanese nationalism ⓘ
anti-Palestinian armed presence in Lebanon ⓘ
leader Dany Chamoun ⓘ
nameOrigin nickname of Camille Chamoun "The Tiger" ⓘ
notableEvent Safra massacre ⓘ
notableFor role in early stages of the Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
operatedIn East Beirut ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Mount Lebanon ⓘ
opposedTo Lebanese National Movement ⓘ
Palestine Liberation Organization ⓘ
leftist and Palestinian factions in Lebanon ⓘ
partOf Lebanese Front ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Kataeb Party ⓘ
politicalWing National Liberal Party ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Christian ⓘ
Maronite Christian ⓘ
rival Lebanese Forces ⓘ
Phalange militia ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980 ⓘ
typeOf Christian right-wing militia ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Lebanese Front → includedMilitia → Tigers Militia ⓘ
Hundred Days War → mainBelligerent → Tigers Militia ⓘ
Siege of Tel al-Zaatar → hasParticipant → Tigers Militia ⓘ
Siege of Tel al-Zaatar → perpetrator → Tigers Militia ⓘ