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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 ...
Iran and Saudi Arabia have waged a proxy war in Libya, with Saudi Arabia, [493] along with the U.A.E, [494] Egypt, and Sudan, have provided support to the Libyan National Army, and its leader warlord Khalifa Haftar. Iran, Qatar, and Turkey support the Government of National Accord and other Islamist forces in the country.
Why has Iran armed proxy forces? Iran's policy of arming militias took root in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. ... Here's a look at Iran's history of arming militias, its allies in ...
This is a list of proxy wars. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".
Israel has degraded Tehran's proxy forces and delivered punishing airstrikes against Iran itself. And Iran just lost one of its most important allies in the region: the Assad regime. From Gaza to ...
Under Soleimani’s direction, Iran incubated a network of proxy forces in several Arab countries which grew in the years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and has mushroomed since.
Iran was accused of supporting the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan. [131] [132] Ali Akbar Velayati [133] and Hassan Kazemi Qomi [134] claim that the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is also part of Iran's Axis of Resistance. However, commander of the Quds Force Esmail Qaani believes the Taliban government was "no friend of Iran ...
Turkey and Iran continued to oppose each other during the Syrian civil war. In 2019, Turkey launched an offensive in northern Syria, against the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Arab Armed Forces, causing Iran to criticize Turkey. [9] Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif claimed that it was a violation of Syria's sovereignty. [10]