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Axis of Resistance
In this Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, Iraqi and Lebanese Shiite fighters from a group called the Hussein Brigade use a helmet to draw sniper fire, during clashes with the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army, in the town of Hejeira, near Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo, File)
August 23, 2017, 10:13 am
Iran extends reach with fight for land link to Mediterranean
Islamic Republic’s regional expansion raises concern in Jerusalem of Tehran’s efforts ‘to entrench itself militarily on Israel’s border’
By Bassem Mroue and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, the commander of the ground forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (Wikimedia Commons, Hossein Zohrevand, CC BY 4.0)
May 2, 2017, 12:41 pm
Iran to keep up military support for Syria regime
General says Iranian troops will continue to defend Assad to ensure ‘resistance front doesn’t break’
By AFP
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech from Beirut, Lebanon on May 12, 2016. (Screen capture: Press TV)
December 27, 2016, 10:20 pm
Hezbollah chief says Arab armies, regimes being destroyed for Israel
Hassan Nasrallah predicts ‘axis of resistance’ will surface victorious in regional conflicts; Lebanese PM vows to conquer disputed border area
By Stuart Winer and Alexander Fulbright
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for a cornerstone-laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 23, 2012. AP/Mohammed Salem.
November 23, 2012, 7:44 pm
Gaza’s mideast suitors
Hamas’s big brothers, Qatar and Iran, are pulling the Strip’s rulers in opposite directions
By Brian Murphy
November 1, 2012, 1:57 am
‘Axis of Resistance’ is fraying at the seams, say Mideast experts
Syrian civil war puts anti-US alliance of Tehran, Damascus and terror groups on the defensive
By Bassem Mroue
Ali Khamenei speaking to the NAM summit in Tehran in August (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)
From the WebSeptember 29, 2012, 6:32 pm
Iran official: Assad will win, and victory will be Tehran’s too
Khamenei aide Velayati says Syria’s triumph over internal and Western opponents will be a triumph of the ‘axis of resistance’, Reuters reports
Syrian President Bashar Assad at the parliament in Damascus in June (photo credit: AP/SANA)
September 19, 2012, 10:27 pm
Civil war targets ‘entire Axis of Resistance,’ Assad says
President claims the ‘ongoing battle’ is against Iran and Hezbollah as well as Syria
By Philip Podolsky
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