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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Axis of Resistance

Supporters of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis march in the capital Sana'a on March 15, 2024, in support of Palestinians, during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Huwais/ AFP)
January 3, 2025, 10:47 am
Who’s afraid of the Houthis? Iran’s last proxy standing is proving no pushover for Israel
Repeated nighttime missile launches have brought the danger from Yemen to the fore. How did a group of mountain rebels in a faraway country rise to become a global threat?
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Popular Mobilization Forces burn representations of US and Israeli flags during al-Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)
December 23, 2024, 3:11 pm
Iraqi militias reportedly agree to end drone attacks on Israel
Source tells Hezbollah-aligned al-Akhbar outlet that agreement was made with Baghdad government to end assaults due to volatile situation in region, uncertainty over Trump policies
By ToI Staff
An Iranian security guard sits in the Safavieh Bazaar in the capital Tehran on December 17, 2024, after a decision by the Tehran Chamber of Trade Unions and Guilds to limit opening hours in an attempt to tackle severe energy shortages in the country. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
December 22, 2024, 3:29 am
Iran plagued by energy crisis partially caused by strikes attributed to Israel
Outdated and underfunded energy sector’s problems further compounded by depleted gas reserves caused by attack on two major pipelines back in February
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A bombed hangar on the day after the Israeli military was said to have hit weapons depots near the Mezzeh military airbase, outside Damascus, on December 9, 2024. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
December 11, 2024, 5:09 pm
Israel pulls itself together; Iran’s axis falls apart
The jihadists’ lightning takeover of Syria was followed by the IAF’s vital lightning destruction of Assad’s military infrastructure. Now Iran may think it has only one option left
By David Horovitz
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran, December 11, 2024. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 11, 2024, 1:16 pm
Khamenei says US, Israel were behind fall of Syrian regime, also alludes to Turkey
Iranian leader, in first remarks about Syria since sudden ouster of ally Assad, says Iran itself not weakened by rebel takeover, seeks to keep ‘friendly relations’ with country
By ToI Staff
A boy carries an unexploded rocket propelled grenade at the site of the previous evening's Israeli airstrike that targeted shipments of weapons that belonged to Syrian government forces in Qamishli, in mainly Kurdish northeastern Syria, on December 10, 2024. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
December 10, 2024, 10:32 pm
With Syria bombing campaign, Israel bets on ‘worst-case scenario’ after Assad’s fall
Some analysts believe Syria will be split along ethno-religious lines, with Israel expected to work with willing partners; risk of Iran’s Axis of Resistance significantly lowered
By AFP and ToI Staff
A video circulating on social media purports to show an Israeli airstrike in at the Mezzeh airbase near Damascus, Syria, December 8, 2024. (Screenshot via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 8, 2024, 11:19 pm
As Assad ousted, Israeli jets destroy his deadly arsenals before they fall to rebels
IAF strikes target missile depots, air defenses, chemical sites amid fears that advanced arms could fall into hands of hostile groups; IDF seizes buffer zone, in first since 1974
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, shakes hands with Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before their meeting in Tehran, Iran, on February 25, 2019. (SANA via AP)
December 8, 2024, 8:50 pm
‘Break in the chain’: Fall of Assad deals blow to Iran’s global ‘Axis of Resistance’
With Hamas and Hezbollah seriously weakened by Israel over the past year, the ousting of Syria’s president leaves Tehran’s bid for regional hegemony on shakier ground
By AP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, tours Mount Bental on Israel's border with Syria along with military officers and Defense Minister Israel Katz, left, on December 8, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 8, 2024, 6:36 pm
Netanyahu claims credit for starting ‘historic’ process that led to fall of Assad regime
IDF takes control of buffer zone along border, including Syrian side of Mount Hermon, said to bomb missile research facilities, and chemical weapons stores around Damascus
By Lazar Berman, Sam Sokol, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Former US president Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court in New York, May 20, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/ New York Post via AP, Pool)
December 4, 2024, 5:09 pm
Isolated Hamas faces collapsing negotiating stance after drastic Trump threat
Terror group pinned hopes of salvation on the Iranian axis and world pressure on Israel, but now has just a few weeks until an unpredictable and angry US president returns
By Lazar Berman
Anti-government fighters wave opposition flags in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on November 30, 2024, amid a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
December 1, 2024, 5:06 pm
Rebels in Syria take advantage of Israel’s successes against a weakened Iran axis
Lightning advance on Aleppo by anti-Assad jihadist force could be start of wider uprising against Tehran and its proxies
By Lazar Berman
Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei holds a rifle as he delivers a sermon denouncing Israel and justifying Hamas's October 7 slaughter in Israel, in Tehran on October 4, 2024. (X screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
October 4, 2024, 5:27 pm
Khamenei says Iran ‘won’t back down, Israel won’t last long’; hails Hamas Oct. 7 massacre
Supreme leader, gun in hand at sermon, claims Israel will ‘never defeat Hamas and Hezbollah’ after terror chiefs killed, calls missile attack ‘minimum punishment for Zionist crimes’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Yemenis wave flags and lift placards showing Hezbollah terror group commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut, and Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh, killed in Tehran, during a rally in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on August 2, 2024. (Abdallah Adel/AFP)
August 8, 2024, 8:12 pm
Houthi leader says group will coordinate with ‘axis of resistance’ to attack Israel
Yemeni rebel group says retaliation for July 20 strike on Hodeida port is ‘inevitable,’ response delayed for ‘purely tactical’ reasons
By AFP and ToI Staff
Oil tanks burn at the Houthi-held port in Hodeidah, Yemen after Israeli strikes, July 20, 2024 (AP Photo)
July 29, 2024, 3:57 pm
What Israel did when it struck in Yemen
The bombing of Hodeidah hit the Houthis’ economic lifeline and damaged their invincibile image. It also sent a message to Iran and its proxies
By Amos Yadlin and Ari Heistein
Debris litters a loading dock a day after Israeli strikes on the port of Yemen's Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024. (AFP)
July 25, 2024, 6:34 pm
Houthi chief vows ‘inevitable’ response to Israeli strikes on Hodeida
Rebel leader says any Israeli attack provides ‘incentive’ for revenge, as Houthis reportedly aiming to target sensitive sites around Israel
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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