Etienne Saqr
Politician
Etienne Saqr (born in 1937) (last name also spelt Sakr or Sacre, Arabic: إتيان صقر), also known by his nom de guerre "Abu Arz" (translate: Father of Cedars), is a far-right, Lebanese nationalist leader and founder of the Guardians of the Cedars militia and political party ( حراس الأرز, Horras Al-Arz in Arabic). Saqr and his militia participated in the Lebanese War facing the Palestinians and the Syrians in the 1970s and 1980s, and remained militantly active until he was expelled from the country with the flight of the South Lebanon Army, of which he was not a member, in May 2000.
Personal facts
| Birth date | January 01, 1937 |
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| Birth place | Ain Ebel , Greater Lebanon |
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