Iran has considered itself at war with the United States and its Middle East allies since the revolution of 1979, and it has used proxy forces to varying extents ...
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Harakat Hezballah Al Nujaba – Involved In
Understanding Iran’s non-state network
During a three-day period in January, Iranian-supported militant groups employed an anti-ship missile to attack an oil tanker in the Red Sea, launched rockets into northern Israel from Lebanon, ...
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US Drone Thwarts Militia Attack on American Troops in Iraq
The U.S. conducted a drone strike in Iraq on Dec. 3, as the American troops there continue to be targeted by Iranian-backed militants, U.S. officials said. The strike took ...
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Iranian Proxies Threaten to Escalate the Conflict with Israel
As Israel prepares for a possible full-scale ground incursion into Gaza, there is much speculation over how Iran could respond. Such a response could potentially see it deploy any ...
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Kata’ib Hezbollah a perennial rebel against the Iraqi government
An Iraqi court this month handed down a death sentence to a former policeman who was convicted of killing prominent academic Hisham Al-Hashimi in a shooting that took place ...
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Why does Iran need 200,000 pro-Iran militiamen in Iraq?
A new report at Middle East Eye last week said that the “Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary umbrella group has doubled in size over the past two years, making it the ...
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