al
- n a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
- n a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
al-aksa martyrs brigades
- n a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002
al-asifa
- n 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