Hissene Habre reviewing FAN troops in 1980
The Armed Forces of the North (FAN) was a Chadian rebel group that was active during the Chadian Civil War. The group was founded in 1976 by Hissene Habre and his faction of FROLINAT, and its predominantly-Muslim fighters operated out of eastern Chad with Sudanese support. In 1980, Libyan intervention confined the FAN to the east, but it took N'Djamena in 1982, allowing for Habre to become the new president and incorporate the FAN into the new Chadian military.