band of partisans

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

   SynonymsAsbat al-Ansar

   Broaderterrorist organization

   Lebanon · terrorism

Questions about band of partisans

What does band of partisans mean?

band of partisans 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 band of partisans?

Close synonyms include Asbat al-Ansar. 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.