Al-Tanzim
| Al-Tanzim | |
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| Participant in Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) | |
Al-Tanzim logo 1970-1990.
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| Active | 1969-1990 |
| Groups | Lebanese Front, Lebanese Forces |
| Leaders | Fuad Chemali, Georges Adwan, Fawzi Mahfouz, Obad Zouein |
| Headquarters | Ashrafieh, Dekwaneh |
| Strength | 1,500 fighters |
| Originated as | 200 fighters |
| Allies | Lebanese Army, Kataeb Regulatory Forces (KRF), Guardians of the Cedars (GoC), Tigers Militia (Noumours), Marada Brigade, Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG), Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC), Army of Free Lebanon (AFL) |
| Opponents | Lebanese National Movement (LNM), Lebanese Arab Army (LAA), Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Syrian Army |
The Al-Tanzim, Al-Tanzym or At-Tanzim (حركة المقاومة اللبنانية - التنظيم | Arabic for “The Organization”) was the name of an ultra-nationalist secret military society and militia set up by right-wing Christian activists in Lebanon at the early 1970s, and which came to play an important role in the Lebanese Civil War.
The emblem of the group, a map of Lebanon with a cedar at the center, with the phrase "You love it, work for it" written below, was designed in 1970 during an expedition made by the Tanzim to the southern village of Kfarchouba, in order to assist the affected population in the reconstruction effort, following an Israeli Air Force (IAF) air raid on the south of the Country. Kfar Chouba is a mainly Muslim village in South Lebanon and this act symbolized the Nationalist yet Secular ideals of the Tanzim.
The Tanzim was first formed in 1969 by a small group of young men who contested the Cairo agreement, which led them to break away from the Kataeb Party or 'Phalange' in the late 1960s in protest for the latter’s initial refusal to engage in nationwide military training and arming of the Lebanese population in order to ‘defend Lebanon’ from the perceived ‘Palestinian threat’. Under the leadership of Obad Zouein, the breakaway group comprised Aziz Torbey, Samir Nassif, and Fawzi Mahfouz (also known as Abu Roy) – all were former militants of the Kataeb’s youth section and veterans of the 1958 Lebanon crisis – who decided therefore to create an underground paramilitary organization to support the Lebanese Army in the defense of the Country.
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