These groups have received weapons, training, funding , and safe haven from Iran , and in turn, have worked to destabilize Israel, with the ultimate goal of the destruction of the state. Iran ’ s Revolutionary Guards and the elite Qods Force provided arms, training and financial support to militias and political movements in at least six countries: Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, Syria and Yemen. Profiles of 15 Iranian- backed Militias in the Middle East By Joe Truzman & Bill Roggio | October 31, 2023 |. There are approximately 40 militant groups backed by Iran in the region, Baraa Shiban, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a British defense and security think-tank,. Groups under their banner have been involved in armed operations against US troops based in Iraq and Syria, stemming from America's role in the Israel-Hamas war. The use of the generic brand may help to obscure exactly which group is carrying out a given attack, according to the Washington Institute, a thinktank based in Washington DC. Militia Spotlight uses open source monitoring to: UNDERSTAND the objectives, structure, and activity of Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria; EXPOSE militia information operations and disinformation campaigns; IDENTIFY linkages between groups and with Iran to increase accountability; and DENY anonymity and deniability to Iran-backed militias. Militant groups backed by Iran , which supports Hamas and for years has engaged in a shadow war with Israel, have joined in. These groups — part of Iran’s so-called axis of resistance — have. When the West and its regional allies have sought to contain Iranian - backed militias , they have done so primarily through economic sanctions on Tehran , on the premise that the Islamic Republic’s lack of funds will eventually curb its support of militant groups.
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