South Lebanon Army

The South Lebanon Army or South Lebanese Army (SLA) (Arabic: جيش لبنان الجنوبي‎‎, transliterated: Jaysh Lubnān al-Janūbi; Hebrew: צבא דרום לבנון, צד"ל‎‎, transliterated: Tzvá Dróm Levanón, Tzadál) was a Lebanese Christian militia during the Lebanese Civil War which split from the Army of Free Lebanon. After 1979, the militia operated in southern Lebanon under the authority of Saad Haddad's Government of Free Lebanon. It was supported by Israel during the 1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict to fight against the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Hezbollah.

South Lebanon Army

The South Lebanon Army or South Lebanese Army (SLA) (Arabic: جيش لبنان الجنوبي‎‎, transliterated: Jaysh Lubnān al-Janūbi; Hebrew: צבא דרום לבנון, צד"ל‎‎, transliterated: Tzvá Dróm Levanón, Tzadál) was a Lebanese Christian militia during the Lebanese Civil War which split from the Army of Free Lebanon. After 1979, the militia operated in southern Lebanon under the authority of Saad Haddad's Government of Free Lebanon. It was supported by Israel during the 1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict to fight against the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Hezbollah.