Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
coupled with the fact that Israeli prisoners remain held in Gaza after two years of conflict, has led a growing number of Israelis to question the war's objectives. A public debate is now intensifying over what has been gained from the prolonged and costly campaign, with many pointing to interna ...
coup in Iran (1953) to the war in Vietnam, bloody American interventions were consistently justified under the cover of defending freedom.
International aspects and outcomes
An official return to the Department of War bears important consequences.
Disclosing American hypocracy: Many w ...
coupled with a lack of sufficient joint exercises, make coordinating a unified military operation extremely difficult. As a result, the PSF has so far functioned more as a symbol of Arab unity than as a practical, integrated fighting force. It has yet to establish itself as a reliable, joint army ca ...
coupled with existing tensions between the Israel and Turkey over Syria, as well as with Egypt concerning the forced displacement of Gaza's residents, could trigger a catastrophic large-scale conflict with its aspects spreading global.
The current context has demonstrated more clearly than ever ...
coupled with initiatives on economic and energy cooperation, this partnership has the potential to become a new model for regional integration. This model could not only help de-escalate tensions in theaters like Yemen but also aid in managing more complex crises in Lebanon and Syria. It would also ...
coup orchestrated by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of the army, derailed these efforts and ramped up military tensions. Simultaneously, the RSF, led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), leveraged their economic dominance over gold mines and alliances with regional powers in a bid to suppla ...
coup were swift: Egypt declared the MB a terrorist organization, and diplomatic relations with Ankara were suspended. This set the stage for a decade of chilly relations, marked by public disagreements, the recall of ambassadors, and conflicting policies in regional hotspots like Libya and the Easte ...
coupled with limited proxy operations, demonstrated Tehran's capability to inflict costs on Israel without exposing itself to an existential threat.
Another critical dimension of Brookings' analysis is the role of diplomacy and international pressure. The US, the EU, and even some Asian pow ...
coupled with systemic mismanagement and corruption, means Iraqis already face daily electricity cuts. Currently, imported gas and electricity from Iran supply about a third of Iraq's energy requirements. This has left Iraq immediately vulnerable to any volatility originating from neighboring Ira ...