Ararad SA

Ararad Sports Association (Arabic: جمعية ارارات الرياضيه; Western Armenian: Արարատ Մարզական Միութիւն; Armenian: Արարատ Մարզական Միություն) is a Lebanese-Armenian sports and cultural organization.

[2] In 1976, at the height of the Lebanese Civil War, the extreme right-wing Phalangist Party (Kataeb) militia confiscated the locale of the association for its political leanings; this put a halt to the club's activities.

[citation needed] With the establishment of more peaceful conditions in Lebanon, Ararad Sports Association regrouped in 1988 forming a new administrative committee.

[citation needed] In 1996, the club restored its right to repossess its confiscated locale after negotiations with the Phalangist party leaders.

The opening ceremony event of the revamped club was also sponsored by Hariri himself.