Axis of Resistance
Informal Iranian-led military coalition in Western Asia and North Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Axis of Resistance (Persian: محور مقاومت Mehvar-e Moqâvemat;[28] Arabic: محور المقاومة Miḥwar al-Muqāwamah) is an informal Iranian-led political and military coalition in West Asia and North Africa.[29][30]
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Headquarters | Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen | ||||
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Political position | Big tent | ||||
Status | Active unofficial military alliance | ||||
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Battles and wars | Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, Iran–Israel proxy conflict, Syrian Civil War, Israel–Hamas war, 2024 Iran–Israel conflict |
It most notably includes the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, the Syrian government, the Lebanese political party and militant group Hezbollah, the Yemeni political and military organization Ansar Allah,[lower-alpha 2] Hamas,[lower-alpha 3] and a variety of other Palestinian militant groups.[31][32][33]
The various actions of members of this axis reflect their domestic interests while serving the broader goal of complicating Israel's attacks and imposing a cost on the United States to support Israel.[34] The coalition is also opposed to Sunni Salafist armed groups such as al-Qaeda and ISIS.[35]