Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Fatah: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

News •

Some 250 Gaza couples wed at UAE event as Dahlan calls for reform • Nov. 9, 2026, 11:24 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Pakistan test launches extended-range hypersonic Fatah-II missile • Oct. 15, 2026, 9:54 AM ET (Janes)

Facts

Also Known As Ḥarakāt al-Taḥrīr al-Waṭanī al-Filasṭīnī • Fatḥ
Date c. 1956 - present
Headquarters Damascus
Areas Of Involvement guerrilla warfare • terrorism
Related People Yasser Arafat • Mahmoud Abbas • Marwan Barghouti • Abū Niḍāl • Ṣalāḥ Khalaf • Khalīl Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr • Hussein Al Sheikh

Photos and Videos

Large crowd of Palestinians, many holding yellow Fatah flags and some Palestinian flags, gathers for a parade in Ramallah, West Bank.
Yasser Arafat
A person wearing a hood and mask stands on a balcony in the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 hostage crisis.
Oslo Accords
Map showing Israel and the surrounding region with a green line marking the pre-1967 borders between Israel and the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Major cities, neighboring countries, and geographic features such as the Mediterranean Sea, Dead Sea, and Sea of Galilee are labeled.
Black September at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
See All Videos, Images and Interactives →

Related Topics and References

Topics