Front of Patriotic and National Parties

**Front of Patriotic and National Parties**
جبهة الأحزاب الوطنية والقومية
Front of Patriotic and National Parties ; جبهة الأحزاب الوطنية والقومية
Leaders	Musa al-Sadr, Kamal Shatila
Dates of operation	1976 – 1982
Group(s)	Amal Movement; SSNP-L (pro-Syrian faction); Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Lebanon Region (pro-Syrian faction); Union of Working People's Forces (UWPF); Razkari Party
Headquarters	Beirut
Active regions	Beirut, Beqaa valley, Southern Lebanon
Allies	Syria Syrian Armed Forces; ; ; Palestinian National Salvation Front; ; Marada Brigade;
Opponents	Lebanese Front; Lebanese National Movement (LNM) (until 1978); Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF); Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Battles and wars	Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)

The Front of Patriotic and National Parties – FPNP (Arabic: جبهة الأحزاب الوطنية والقومية | Jabhat al-Ahzab al-Wataniyya wal-Qawmiyya) was a Syrian-backed coalition of Lebanese Political parties and militias formed in the late 1970s.