asbat al-ansar

1. 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

   SynonymsBand of Partisans

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Lebanon · terrorism

Questions about asbat al-ansar

What does asbat al-ansar mean?

asbat al-ansar means "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".

What is another word for asbat al-ansar?

Close synonyms include Band of Partisans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asbat al-ansar a common word?

asbat al-ansar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.