Lebanese Arab Army
The Lebanese Arab Army – LAA (Arabic: جيش لبنان العربي, romanized: Jayish Lubnān al-ʿArabī), also known variously as the Arab Army of Lebanon (AAL) and Arab Lebanese Army (ALA) or Army of Arab Lebanon or Armée arabe du Liban (AAL) in French, was a predominantly Muslim splinter faction of the Lebanese Army that came to play a key role in the 1975–77 phase of the Lebanese Civil War. == Emblem == Upon its creation in January 1976, the LAA adopted as emblem a badge featuring an eagle with folded wings and a Lebanese Cedar tree at the centre, holding a scroll on its claws below, which portrayed the Militant group's ideology.