Second phase: 1977–1982 Third phase: 1982–1984 Fourth phase: 1984–1990 Cantons and puppet states The list of militias in the Lebanese Civil War does not include the "legal" Lebanese Army; note that the Army split into two major parts: In addition, there was an autonomous faction within the "legal" Lebanese Army called the Army of Free Lebanon.
It formed in 1976 and was composed of Maronites and Greek-Catholics reacting against the split with the mainly Muslim Lebanese Arab Army.
It continued to be paid by the government, and was fully re-integrated into the "legal" army in 1978, with the exception of some units which chose instead to form the South Lebanon Army listed below.
Lebanese Liberation Front considered itself the legitimate Lebanese Army and at highpoint controlled 3/4 of Lebanese Army positions 1976 split into pro- and anti-Assad factions members linked to assassinations of Jumblatt and Gemayel