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Categories: Paramilitary organizations based in Lebanon, Salafi Islamist groups, Organizations designated as terrorist in Asia, Organizations designated as terrorist by Russia, Groups affiliated with al-Qaeda

Asbat al-Ansar Band of Partisans Osbat al-Ansar Asbat Al Ansar 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 WordNet 3.0

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Osbat al-Ansar or Asbat an-Ansar is a Sunni fundamentalist group established in the early 1990s, with a primary base of operations in the Palestinian camp of Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, which claims professing the Salafi form of Islam and the overthrow of the Lebanese-dominated secular government. Wikipedia

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terrorist organization

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terrorism

DESIGNATED AS TERRORIST BY

United States

Russia

REGION DOMAIN

Lebanon

WordNet 3.0

Asbat al-Ansar, Band of Partisans

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