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The Iran-backed “axis of resistance” - a name Tehran and its proxies use for their concerted action against their enemies - all say their actions since Oct. 7 are in response to Israel’s ...
Sumerian border skirmishes on the north-east [10] [11] (Circa 2000 BC) Simurrum. Lullubi co-belligerant Elam. Neo-Sumerian Empire. Ur; Inconclusive: Tribal invasions from Western Iran to Sumer are stopped. Elamyte conquest of Sumer [12] [13] (Circa 2004/1940 BC) Shimashki Elam: Neo-Sumerian Empire. Ur; Victory: Elamyte king, Kindattu, capture ...
In June, the Iranian state-owned news agency Press TV reported that the president of a Quran council and two cousins of executed Nimr al-Nimr were killed by Saudi security forces in Qatif. During the subsequent crackdown the Saudi government demolished several historical sites and many other buildings and houses in Qatif. [196]
Iran stated that the operation was done in retaliation for the Israeli airstrike on an Iranian consulate annex in Damascus, used by the IRGC, two weeks earlier. [12] The operation was part of the Israel-Hamas war spillover and marked Iran's first direct attack on Israel since the start of their proxy conflict. [33]
Tensions between Iran and Israel have grown rapidly since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Iran-backed Hamas, raising fears of a wider regional conflict that could drag in global powers and ...
The state-controlled Islamic Republic News Agency described the four people—who were presumably hanged (Iran’s default method of execution) and who have been previously identified as Mohsen ...
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 has established a network of allies and proxy forces across the Middle East, which it describes as part of an "axis of resistance" aimed at opposing US and Israeli interests in the area. Israel views Iran as an existential threat on account of Tehran's rhetoric, its support for proxy forces in the region, and its arming and financing of ...