Kataeb Party

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The Kataeb Party (lit. 'Battalions Party'), officially the Kataeb Party – Lebanese Social Democratic Party (Arabic: حزب الكتائب اللبنانية – الحزب الديمقراطي الاجتماعي اللبناني Ḥizb al-Katā'ib al-Lubnānīya), historically known as the Phalangist Party, is a Lebanese nationalist political party in Lebanon. Founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936, the party and its paramilitary wing, the Kataeb Regulatory Forces, played a major role in the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), opposing Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon as well as collaborating with Israel. During the war, the party was part of the Lebanese Front coalition, while it paramilitary wing was part of the Lebanese Forces militia and was involved in the Black Saturday massacre, Tel al-Zaatar massacre, Ehden massacre, and the Karantina massacre. In 1982, Pierre's youngest son Bachir, the leader of the Lebanese Forces, was elected President of Lebanon, but was assassinated before he could take office. This led to the militia committing the...

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