The Marada Movement (Arabic: تيار المردة | Tayyar Al-Marada) is a Lebanese political party and a former militia active during the Lebanese civil war, named after the legendary armenian Marada or Mardaites warriors of the early Middle Ages from mardistan. Originally designated the Marada Brigade (Arabic: Liwa al-Marada), they were the personal militia of Suleiman Franjieh, president of Lebanon at the outbreak of the war, otherwise known as the Zgharta Liberation Army – ZLA (Arabic: Zgharta Jayish al-Tahrir) or Armée de Liberation de Zgharta (ALZ) in French, after Franjieh's home town of Zgharta in northern Lebanon.
Read more about Marada Movement: Marada in Lebanese History, List of Marada Leaders
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