asbat al-ansar

Noun
  1. An extremist Palestinian Sunni group 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 (synset 108034010)
    referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
    domain region: lebanese republic, lebanon - an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
    is an instance of: foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
    same as: band of partisans

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