Front of Patriotic and National Parties
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- Musa al-Sadr
- Nabih Berri
- Assem Qanso
- Kamal Chatila
Amal Movement
SSNP-L (pro-Syrian faction)
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Lebanon (pro-Syrian faction)
Union of Working People's Forces
Razkari Party| Front of Patriotic and National Parties جبهة الأحزاب الوطنية والقومية | |
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| Dates of operation | 1976 – 1982 |
| Groups | Amal Movement SSNP-L (pro-Syrian faction) Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Lebanon (pro-Syrian faction) Union of Working People's Forces Razkari Party |
| Headquarters | West Beirut |
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| Allies |  Syria PNSF Marada Brigade Arab Democratic Party Lebanese National Movement (from 1978) |
| Opponents |  Lebanese Front South Lebanon Army Lebanese National Movement (until 1978) Palestine Liberation Organization Lebanese Armed Forces Israel |
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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.
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-L) and the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Lebanon; As well as the Shia Amal Movement led by Musa al-Sadr, the Union of Working People's Forces (UWPF)[1][2] led by Kamal Chatila, 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.