NOUN | group | Band of Partisans, Asbat al-Ansar | an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active / active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism |
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Meaning | An extremist Palestinian Sunni group active / active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda. | |
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Synonym | Asbat al-Ansar | |
Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The 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 of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
Region | Lebanon, Lebanese Republic | An Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean |
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