People's Liberation Army (Lebanon)

People's Liberation Army – PLA
جيش التحرير الشعبي
People's Liberation Army – PLA ; جيش التحرير الشعبي
	People's Liberation Army (PLA) flag
Leaders	Kamal Jumblatt and Walid Jumblatt
Dates of operation	1975–1994
Headquarters	Baakline (Chouf District)
Active regions	Chouf District, Aley District, Mount Lebanon, West Beirut, Northern Lebanon, Southern Lebanon
Ideology	Socialism; Anti-imperialism; Druze minority interests; Secularism
Status	Disbanded
Size	17,000 fighters
Part of	Progressive Socialist Party; Lebanese National Movement; Lebanese National Resistance Front (Jammoul)
Allies	Lebanese Arab Army (LAA); Amal Movement; Popular Nasserist Organization (PNO); Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP)/Eagles of the Whirlwind; Zgharta Liberation Army (ZLA); Lebanese Forces – Executive Command (LFEC); Lebanese Communist Party (LCP)/Popular Guard; Organization of Communist Action in Lebanon (OCAL); Al-Mourabitoun; Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Palestinian National Salvation Front (PNSF); Kurdish Democratic Party – Lebanon (KDP-L); Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Opponents	Lebanese Front; Lebanese Forces; Lebanese Army; Internal Security Forces (ISF); Army of Free Lebanon (AFL); Vanguard of the Maani Army (Movement of the Druze Jihad); Tigers Militia; Knights of Ali; Amal Movement; Al-Mourabitoun; Sixth of February Movement; Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); South Lebanon Army (SLA); Syrian Arab Armed Forces; Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War

The People's Liberation Army – PLA (Arabic: جيش التحرير الشعبي | Jayish al-Tahrir al-Sha'aby), also known as the Armée populaire de libération (APL) in French or Forces of the Martyr Kamal Jumblatt (Arabic: قوات الشهيد كمال جنبلاط | Quwwat al-Shahid Kamal Junblat), was the military wing of the left-wing Druze Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), which fought in the Lebanese Civil War. The PSP and its militia were members of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) from 1975 to 1982 and its successor, the Lebanese National Resistance Front (LNRF) from 1983 to 1990.