Editing 1982 Lebanon War (section)

====Left wing====
Left wing parties joined forces with the PLO in what came to be known as the "joint forces".
* [[Al-Mourabitoun]] – a secular [[Nasserism|Nasserist]] party, with a militia numbering around 3,500 fighters who were known for wearing red painted [[SSh-68|Soviet helmets]] with "al-Mourabitoun" painted on front in [[Arabic]] script.<ref name="armlab"/> They fought alongside the PLO and the joint forces in the Beirut area until the cease fire after which they acquired much cast-off PLO equipment such as tanks and rocket launchers. They were supported largely by Libya and Syria.<ref name="armlab"/>
* [[Lebanese Communist Party]] – Lebanon's main Communist party headed by [[George Hawi]], members of the party enlisted in the "joint forces" during the initial invasion.
* [[Communist Action Organization in Lebanon]] – a Communist party headed by [[Mohsen Ibrahim]] mainly active in [[Southern Lebanon]], the organization conducted guerilla operations against Israeli garrisons following the invasion.
* The [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] at the time had training camps in Lebanon, where they received support from the Syrians and the PLO. During the Israeli invasion all PKK units were ordered to fight the Israeli forces. A total of 11 PKK fighters died in the conflict.<ref name="PKK1"/><ref name="PKK2"/><ref name="PKK3"/>
* [[Arab Socialist Action Party – Lebanon|Arab Socialist Action Party]] – a Communist party headed by Hussein Hamdan mainly active in Southern Lebanon, the organization conducted guerilla operations against Israeli garrisons following the invasion.
* The [[Lebanese National Resistance Front]] – an alliance formed in September 16, 1982 by George Hawi of the LCP, Mohsen Ibrahim of the OCAL and Hussein Hamdan of the ASAP against the Israeli occupation, its forces totalled about 30,000 fighting men and women and was the successor of the [[Lebanese National Movement]].