Lebanese Movement in Support of Fatah

Lebanese Movement in Support of Fatah الحركة اللبنانية لدعم فتح
Leaders	Usama Fakhuri
Dates of operation	1968 - ?
Headquarters	West Beirut
Active regions	West Beirut
Part of	Lebanese National Movement
Allies	Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Opponents	Lebanese Front Lebanese Forces Lebanese Armed Forces Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Movement in Support of Fatah – LMSF (Arabic: الحركة اللبنانية لدعم فتح | Al-Harakat al-Lubnaniyyat li daem Fath) was established in 1968 by Dr. Usama Fakhuri, a second-rank Sunni politician opposed to leading Beirut Sunni za'im Saeb Salam. As its name implies, the LMSF received Fatah backing from the outset and joined the ranks of the Lebanese National Movement (LNM) in 1975.

See also

• Lebanese Civil War
• Lebanese National Movement
• Palestine Liberation Organization
• List of weapons of the Lebanese Civil War

References

• Rex Brynen, Sanctuary and Survival: the PLO in Lebanon, Boulder: Westview Press, Oxford 1990. ISBN   0 86187 123 5 –
• Tom Najem and Roy C. Amore, Historical Dictionary of Lebanon, Second Edition, Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Boulder, New York & London 2021. ISBN   9781538120439, 1538120437