Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain
1974–2001 underground leftist political party in Bahrain
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain (Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير البحرين) was an underground political party in Bahrain with origins in the Arab Nationalist Movement. Its members were inclined towards the leftist Marxist trend within the Arab Nationalist Movement. It was created after the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulf was reconstituted into two separate organizations as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain. Several PFLB members participated in the 1963 to 1976 Dhofar Rebellion in Oman.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير البحرين | |
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| Leader | Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi[1] |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Dissolved | 2001 |
| Preceded by | Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf |
| Succeeded by | National Democratic Action Society |
| Ideology | Arab nationalism Marxism–Leninism |
In 2000, PFLB members established the National Democratic Action Society, the first ever officially licensed political organization in any of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The PFLB was replaced by the NDAS.
