"They went down to the trenches to light up the night, Oh Beirut, your borders are filled with the Phalanges..."


The Kataeb Party, also known in English as the Phalanges, is a Christian political party in Lebanon. The party played a major role in the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990).


During the 1975–76 phase of the Lebanese Civil War, the Kataeb Regulatory Forces' (KRF) own mobilization and street action skills allowed the Kataeb to become the primary and most fearsome fighting force in the Christian-conservative camp.

At Beirut and elsewhere, Phalange militia sections were heavily committed in several battles against Lebanese National Movement (LNM) leftist militias and suffered considerable casualties, notably at the Battle of the Hotels in October 1975 where they fought the al-Murabitoun and the Nasserite Correctionist Movement (NCM), and later at the 'Spring Offensive' held in Mount Lebanon in March 1976.

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