Iranian Proxies
The term ''Axis of Resistance'' ( fa, محور مقاومت, translit=mehvar–e moqâvemat, ) refers to an Anti-Western sentiment, anti-Western, Anti-Zionism, anti-Israeli and anti-Saudi political alliance, political and informal military alliance between Iran, State of Palestine, Palestine, the Government of Syria, Syrian Government and the Lebanon, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. National Defence Forces (Syria), Pro-Syrian government militias, Iraqi Shia militias that are part of the Iraqi Government-sanctioned Popular Mobilization Forces and the Yemeni Houthis, Houthi movement (officially: "Ansar Allah") are also considered part of the alliance. Despite the alliance's differing ideologies, such as secular Ba'athism and Shia Islamism, they are unified by their goal of opposing the activities of Pro-western, pro-Western parties, Israel, Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf states and Sunni Islamism, Sunni Islamists in the region., "Nasrallah continues to portray Hezbollah’s inv ...
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Military Alliance
A military alliance is a formal Alliance, agreement between nations concerning national security. Nations in a military alliance agree to active participation and contribution to the defense of others in the alliance in the event of a crisis. (Online) In the event a nation is attacked, members of the alliance are often obligated to come to their defense regardless if attacked directly. In the aftermath of the World War II, Second World War military alliances usually behave less aggressively and act more as a deterrent. Military alliances can be classified into defense pacts, non-aggression pacts, and entente (type of alliance), ententes. ( (Online) Alliances may be covert (as was common from 1870 to 1916) or public. According to a 2002 dataset of military alliances, there have been 538 alliance treaties from 1815 to 2003. The vast majority of the alliances involve commitments to come to the military support of one ally involved in war. The vast majority are defensive in natu ...
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