American English pronunciation
How to pronounce fatah
IPA transcription: ['fɑtə]
Pronunciation variants: ['fɑtə][fə'tɑ]
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Noun
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a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
“al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s”
Usage examples
- Fatah also claimed that he was warned by police of threats to his safety.