Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman (PFLO) was a Marxist and Arab nationalist revolutionary organisation in the Sultanate of Oman. It fought against the Sultan in the Dhofar revolution from its foundation until the suppression of the revolution in 1976.

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Marxist - Arab nationalist - Revolution - Oman - Dhofar - 1976

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The PFLO was formed from the branches of the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM) active in the Gulf region and the Arabian peninsula, and was established as an independent organisation in 1968 as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arab Gulf. Its members were inclined towards the leftist, Marxist-Leninist tendency in the ANM, and were also influenced by the revolutionary experience of neighbouring Yemen. The group took its later name in 1974 when the Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain was established as a separate organisation.

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Arab Nationalist Movement - Gulf - Arabian peninsula - 1968 - Marxist-Leninist - Yemen - 1974 - Popular Front for the Liberation of Bahrain

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Upon its establishment, the PFLOAG became involved in the ongoing Dhofar revolution against Sultan Sa'id. It suffered a split in 1970 when some of its more right-wing members decided to accept the offer of an amnesty from the newly-enthroned Sultan Qaboos. The new ruler was successful in pacifying most of Dhofar, with the help of considerable military and financial aid from the Western bloc, and by 1976 the rebellion was at an end. The PFLO appears to have maintained some underground activity afterwards.

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Sultan Sa'id - 1970 - Sultan Qaboos - 1976

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