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Sep 12, 2023 · Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has built a network of proxies across the Middle East. As of 2022, Tehran had allies among more than a dozen major militias, some with their own political parties, that challenged local and neighboring governments.
Apr 6, 2024 · Two are proxy groups made up of fighters recruited in Iran and entirely controlled by the Quds Force, the external military and intelligence service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ...
3 days ago · It has built a network of proxies that it finances, arms and supports but does not entirely control — Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza and the West Bank; the Houthis in Yemen; Shia...
Mar 1, 2024 · In seeking to entrench its own influence at the expense of its adversaries, Iran’s power projection via proxies is purposeful rather than wanton, conscious of the balance of costs and...
Oct 27, 2023 · Oct. 27, 2023. For decades, the Shiite Muslim ayatollahs who came to power in Iran through the 1979 Islamic Revolution have worked to build an arc of like-minded proxy forces across the Middle...
Jan 19, 2024 · Iran launched missile strikes on three different countries this week – Iraq, Syria and Pakistan – while proxy militant groups it backs continue to target U.S. and Western interests and fight Israel, stoking fears of conflict that could engulf the Middle East and spread to other regions. WHY DID IRAN CONDUCT STRIKES ON PAKISTAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA?
Jan 18, 2024 · Iran and its proxies share the goal of halting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, and driving U.S. troops out of the region once and for all.
May 18, 2023 · Iran’s proxies have always been a key part of its push to assert itself as a regional force. Since the early 1980s, groups backed by Iran such as Hizbullah, a militia-cum-party in Lebanon,...
Apr 15, 2024 · Fighters from Shiite Muslim–majority countries such as Iraq and Lebanon compose Iran’s main proxies, but groups from the Sunni-majority Palestinian territories, Syria, and Yemen...
Feb 2, 2024 · Who are Iran's proxies in the Middle East? Tehran's 'Axis of Resistance' includes Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis as well as groups in Iraq, Syria and Bahrain. A man in Tehran with an Iranian...
