The Army of Free Lebanon was established in 1976 as an anti-government splinter faction of the Lebanese Army, working in support of the then-President.
The Army of Free Lebanon  AFL (Arabic:   , Jayish Lubnan al-Horr) or "Colonel Barakat's Army" (Arabic:  , Jayish Barakat), also designated Armee du Liban Libre (ALL) and Armee du Colonel Barakat in French, was a predominantly Christian splinter faction of the Lebanese Army that came to play a major role in the 197577 phase of the Lebanese Civil War. The AFL began to be established on January 23, 1976, in Beirut by Lebanese Colonel Antoine Barakat who declared loyalty to the then President of Lebanon Suleiman Frangieh. 
