Taleb

/ ˈtælɪb /

noun

1. (in Afghanistan) a member of the Taliban

Example Sentences

The days leading up to Eid saw a furious volley of drones and rockets from Lebanon, after Israel killed a senior Hezbollah commander, Taleb Abdallah.

From BBC

The Phoenicians of the northern Levant—today’s Lebanon and northern Israel—did fairly well, Borrowing a term from the scholar and popular public intellectual Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Cline calls the Phoenicians “anti-fragile”—they not only endured the disorder of the Late Bronze Age but thrived under the stress.

From Slate

The US has responded with military action, including an air strike in Baghdad last week that killed Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi, an Iran-backed militia leader.

From BBC

The Popular Mobilization Force – a coalition of militias that is nominally under the control of the Iraqi military – announced in a statement that its deputy head of operations in Baghdad, Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi, or “Abu Taqwa,” had been killed “as a result of brutal American aggression.”

From Seattle Times

His friend, Taleb Mohammed Ahmad Neeman, sat on a rock yelling and gesturing at the settler.

From Los Angeles Times