Asbat al-Ansar
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 • Syn: Band of Partisans • Topics: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act • Regions: Lebanon, Lebanese Republic • Instance Hypernyms: terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
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