Proxy relationship

Same network, new names: Terror front Samidoun secretly operates in US, Canada via proxies post-ban

Most of the terror front's proxies were formed to have the same anti-Zionist, anti-US, Marxist-Leninist mission that defined Samidoun’s activism.

A Samidoun flag is flown at a Duisburg demonstration in Germany, October 9, 2023.
Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen July 25, 2025.

Yemeni forces bust Iranian weapons shipment bound for Houthis, including chemical weapons - report

Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, in this handout image released on August 13, 2025.

Lebanon moves toward disarming Hezbollah as Aoun rejects Iranian intervention

Members of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) attend a symbolic funeral of fellow members of PMF who were killed by U.S. air strikes on the Syria-Iraq border, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 29, 2021.

Iraqi police, paramilitary fighters clash outside government building in Baghdad


IDF heightens state of alert in anticipation of Iranian response

The IDF has not ruled out the possibility of an Iranian response from Syria, Yemen, or Iraq, rather than directly from Iran.

 MISSILES FIRED from Iran are intercepted over northern Israel, last Tuesday. This has been a grueling year marked by unrelenting challenges. Just this past week, Israel faced an attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, the writer notes.

Between proxies and a new attack on Israel: Iran’s dilemma - analysis

Iran operates via proxies in several countries and territories, including Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, and the Gaza Strip.

 THE FLAGS (from right) of Iran, Hezbollah, and Lebanon are on display in Tehran. The Lebanese people should not allow Iran to build a Shi’ite crescent from Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea; they should stop suffering for the sake of Hezbollah, the writer urges.

Israel vs. its mortal enemies: Deeper meanings of terror, violence against Jewish state - opinion

In Israel’s no-choice war against Hamas and Iran, the death and injury of Palestinian noncombatants are the legal responsibility of “perfidious” jihadist enemies.

 IDF SOLDIERS stand guard near damaged buildings in Gaza earlier this month. Though Israel’s bombardments of Gaza produce Palestinian casualties, legal responsibility for these harms lies entirely with Hamas and Iran, the writer asserts.

Iran, Hezbollah, and allies amplify threats following Beirut strike - analysis

The “resistance” refers to groups including Hezbollah, the Houthis, and groups in Iraq and Syria.

 Conceptual image of war between Israel and Iran using chess pieces and national flags

Why Hezbollah’s pager op. losses could lead to new phase of war - analysis

Hezbollah and Iranian media characterize this as a “terrorist” attack. Al-Manar, the Hezbollah media arm, says the attack will “double our determination for Jihad.”

 HEZBOLLAH SUPPORTERS rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, last November. The writer calls for shifting international pressure away from Israel and redirecting it toward Hamas and Hezbollah.

Pager explosions killed 19 IRGC members in Syria - report

An additional 150 IRGC members were also wounded in the explosions, Army Radio reported, citing the Saudi news source.

 ‘A MONSTER’ – Members of the IRGC attend a ground forces military drill in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2022.

Iran celebrates Hezbollah and other proxy attacks on Israel - analysis

Despite Iran’s diplomatic offensive on other fronts, Iran is continuing to ring Israel with threats and increase the pressure on Israel from Hezbollah and its other proxies in the region.

 A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

Internal strife: Iran's delayed retaliation to Israel sparks rift within terror proxies - report

Iran’s call for restraint after recent assassinations has angered Hezbollah, Hamas, and other allies, causing a heated rift in Tehran.

 A car drives past a poster depicting late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, top commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani and Hezbollah top commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2024.

The Houthis: Iranian pawns, who also want to take over Yemen - opinion

At the moment, the Houthis are content to act as Iran’s proxy since it accords with their own fervent anti-Israel ideology, but they also have their own agenda in Yemen.

 THEN-IRANIAN foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian meets with Houthi official Mohammad Abdul Salam, in April. Iran has now gained a foothold on the Arabian Peninsula, says the writer.

Escalating Houthi attacks draw attention from Iran and Gulf States - analysis

This shows that there is escalation by the Houthis and that this simmering conflict is being watched closely in Iran and in the Gulf in places like the UAE.

 Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion is docked to the port of Aden, Yemen to which it arrived after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appears to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, February 21, 2024.