Axis of Resistance

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The Axis of Resistance or Resistance Front is an informal Iran-led military coalition that operates across West Asia. It currently unites a variety of armed groups allied with Iran and committed primarily to countering the influence of Iran's rivals in the region: the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. It was formerly supported Syria, which hosted both Iranian troops and allied non-Iranian fighters until the fall of the Assad regime in 2024. The "Axis" in question mainly consists of Shia Islamist militant organizations, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Islamic Resistance and the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, and the Houthis in Yemen. It intermittently includes certain Palestinian militant organizations (typically Sunni Islamist), such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Iran's continued support for this coalition is said to be motivated in part by a desire to keep confrontations away from its borders as part of its "forward defence" philosophy, which pursue...

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