Young Men (Lebanon)

Young Men
الشباب
LeadersElie Hobeika, Maroun Machahalani, Georges Melko, Michel Zouen
Dates of operationUntil 1986
HeadquartersKarantina, Ashrafieh (Beirut)
Active regionsEast Beirut, Southern Lebanon, Beqaa Valley
Size100 fighters
Part ofKataeb Regulatory Forces
Lebanese Forces
Allies South Lebanon Army (SLA)
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Opponents Lebanese National Movement (LNM)
Lebanese Armed Forces
Lebanese Forces
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Battles and warsLebanese Civil War

The Young Men (Arabic: الشباب, romanized: Chabeb) were a small Lebanese Christian militia linked to the Lebanese Forces (LF), which fought in the Lebanese Civil War between 1978 and 1986.