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Hezbollah is one of the main groups in the Middle East to be described as an 'Iranian proxy'. [270] Hezbollah fights alongside Iranian troops in Syria and supports the Houthis. [271] [272] [273] Hezbollah served also as inspiration to Houthis in their success at forcing the IDF out of Lebanon. [citation needed]
The Iran–Israel proxy conflict, also known as the Iran–Israel proxy war[24] or Iran–Israel Cold War, [25] is an ongoing proxy conflict between Iran and Israel. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran has backed Palestinian groups such ...
On 21 April 2024, five rockets were fired from Zummar, Iraq towards the Kharab al-Jir base in Syria which houses US and coalition soldiers in the first major attack since early February. No US personnel were injured. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights blamed the attack on the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
Votel said that if Iran does launch an attack, it will likely include a more coordinated action with its proxy forces across the region. Such was the case the last time Tehran directly attacked ...
Iran's strikes on Iraq, Syria and Pakistan were all in response to attacks carried out on its soil or against Iranian targets. Explainer-Iran and its proxies and widening violence in the Middle ...
WASHINGTON — Despite large-scale U.S. airstrikes against Iranian-backed militants across the Middle East, Iran is continuing to provide weapons and intelligence to its proxies, according to ...
3 U.S. soldiers killed and 47 wounded. Tower 22. Tower 22 in Jordan. On 28 January 2024, an attack drone, launched by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq —an Iranian-backed Shia militia group—struck Tower 22, a U.S. military outpost in Rukban, northeast Jordan. The explosion killed three U.S. soldiers and injured 47 others.
Russia and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict. Beginning in the mid-2000s, the military and diplomatic corps of the Russian Federation has had various contacts and relations with entities on both sides of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict. This is a component of Russia's broader foreign policy across the entire Middle East region.