Front of Patriotic and National Parties

The Front of Patriotic and National Parties – FPNP (Arabic: جبهة الأحزاب الوطنية والقومية | Jabhat al-Ahzab al-Wataniyya wal-Qawmiyya) was a Syrian-backed coalition of Lebanese Political parties and militias formed in the late 1970s.

Front of Patriotic and National Parties جبهة الأحزاب الوطنية والقومية
Leaders	Musa al-Sadr, Kamal Shatila
Dates of operation	1976 – 1982
Group(s)	Amal Movement SSNP-L (pro-Syrian faction) Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region (pro-Syrian faction) Union of Working People's Forces (UWPF) Razkari Party
Headquarters	Beirut
Active regions	Beirut, Beqaa valley, Southern Lebanon
Allies	Syria Syrian Armed Forces Palestinian National Salvation Front Marada Brigade
Opponents	Lebanese Front Lebanese National Movement (LNM) (until 1978) Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)

Origins

It was formed in late March 1976 at West Beirut by breakaway sections of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM), which included the pro-Syrian factions of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon (SSNP) and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region, the Shia Amal Movement led by Musa al-Sadr, Kamal Shatila's Union of Working People's Forces (UWPF)^[1][2] and the Kurdish Razkari Party. The FPNP supported the June 1976 Syrian intervention in Lebanon.^[3][4]

Decline and demise

The alliance lasted until mid-1982, when it collapsed together with their LNM rival in the wake of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

See also

• Lebanese Civil War
• Lebanese National Movement
• Lebanese National Salvation Front
• Jammoul