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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine


Center of GravityPalestine
ScopeNational
Area of OperationSyria, Lebanon, Israel
State SponsorSyria
GoalMarxist Palestinian independence movement
StatusActive
Alias(es)PFLP
Formed1967
Narrative and Notes (Reliable)Receives safe haven and logistical assistance from Syria.
Active through 1970s.
Assassinated Israel's tourism minister in 2001 to avenge Israel's killing of PFLP Secretary General.1

Sources and Notes

1U.S. State Department. 'Country Reports on Terrorism.' 2005.

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