Iran-backed Axis of Resistance militants could add fuel to the fire
Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel on Sunday The world’s hope for avoiding all-out war in the Middle East hangs in the balance as Iran weighs how to respond to an alleged Israeli covert operation thatHezbollah
The attack on an Iranian diplomatic compound elicited a wave of anger among Iranians, leading to a response from Tehran on 13 April when Iran, for the first time in its history, fired hundreds of missiles directly from its territory at Israel. Iran-backed Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iraq’s Shia militia have formed the “Axis of Resistance”, which Westerners believe makes its decisions with Tehran’s coordination.
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