HyperDic: al-asifa

English > 1 sense of the word al-Asifa:
NOUNgroupal-Asifa, al-Fatah, Fataha Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state
English > al-Asifa: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained / trained terrorist and insurgent groups.
Synonymsal-Fatah, Fatah
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance ofpolitical movementA group of people working together to achieve a political goal
terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
Member ofPalestine Liberation Organization, PLOA political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine
RegionIsrael, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, SionJewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of JordanAn Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea
PalestineA former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean
SpanishFatah

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