Lebanese Renewal Party
The Lebanese Renewal Party – LRP (Arabic: Hezb al-Tajaddud al-Lubnaniyya) or Parti de la Renovation Libanaise (PRL) in French, is a banned political party in Lebanon formed in 1972 as the political arm of the paramilitary force known as the Guardians of the Cedars. It is often characterized as right-wing extremist, but by its followers as a patriotic nationalist movement. The party is still led by its founder, Étienne Saqr (Abu Arz).
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