Front for Progressive Parties and National Forces

Lebanese National Movement الحركة الوطنية اللبنانية
Participant in the Lebanese Civil War
Active	1969–1982
Groups	Al-Mourabitoun Progressive Socialist Party Lebanese Communist Party Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon Communist Action Organization Amal Movement Lebanese Movement in Support of Fatah Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region Revolutionary Communist Group Sixth of February Movement Socialist Arab Lebanon Vanguard Party Popular Nasserist Organization Lebanese Arab Army Other minor organizations
Leaders	Kamal Jumblatt Rashid Karami Walid Jumblatt George Hawi
Area of operations	Throughout Lebanon, especially in Palestinian refugee camps
Size	18,700 (1975) 46,900 (1976) (including allied PLO fighters)
Became	Lebanese National Resistance Front
Succeeded by	Lebanese National Resistance Front
Allies	Palestine Liberation Organization Fatah Movement Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Palestine Liberation Front Rejectionist Front  Iraq  Libya  Syria (until 1976)  South Yemen  Soviet Union
Opponents	Lebanese Front  Israel  Syria (after 1976)

Palestine Liberation Organization

The Lebanese National Movement (LNM) (Arabic: الحركة الوطنية اللبنانية, Al-Harakat al-Wataniyya al-Lubnaniyya) or Mouvement National Libanais (MNL) in French, was a front of leftist, pan-Arabist and Syrian nationalist parties and organizations active during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, which supported the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It was headed by Kamal Jumblatt, a prominent Druze leader of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP). The Vice-President was Inaam Raad, leader of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and Assem Qanso of the pro-Syrian Lebanese Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. The general secretary of the LNM was Mohsen Ibrahim, leader of the Communist Action Organization in Lebanon (OCAL).

The LNM was one of two main coalitions during the first rounds of fighting in the Lebanese Civil War, the other being the militias of the mainly Christian Lebanese Front, which comprised the Phalange, the National Liberal Party and others; as well as parts of the Maronite-dominated central government.

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