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1 September 2024

How Significant Is Iran’s Influence In The Middle East? – Analysis

Richard Rousseau

Over the past few years, Iran has been increasingly exerting its influence in the Middle East, particularly on Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. How real is Iran’s influence?

After the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya in Tehran, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the commander of the Houthis in Yemen, affirmed the inevitability of a response to the Israeli attack, adding that “the response is certainly coming, with its own trajectory, preparations, tactics and dedicated capabilities.”

As a result, the head of the Houthis made the announcement that an entire region has been anticipating: a major attack on Israel by Iran and its allies, which they believe is responsible for the killing of the Hamas leader.

The U.S. and Israel share a common enemy

The so-called “Axis of Resistance” (mainly the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, the Syrian government, the Lebanese political party Hezbollah, the Yemeni political and military organization Ansar Allah, and Hamas) has the potential to launch attacks on Israel from a variety of directions, including the Houthi in Yemen from the south, Hezbollah in Lebanon from the north, Hamas carrying out operations in the Gaza Strip from the west, and Iran from the east. On top of that, there are Islamic militias in both Iraq and Syria.

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