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, told. Some of their forces have joined with Iranian - backed militias in Syria and attacked U.S. Soldiers fighting ISIS there. Most of the groups now have political wings with representatives in. Hezbollah and Iran-backed militias stay on sidelines as Israel strikes Tehran Key members of the ‘Axis of Resistance’ have so far avoided direct involvement in the latest regional flare-up. Several of the Iran - backed militia groups operating in Iraq are set to demilitarize for the first time to avoid conflict with the US following President Trump’s threats to Tehran’s proxies,. The deaths of three American troops in a drone strike marks a major escalation in what the US says is an ongoing campaign against it by militia groups who are backed by Iran . The Popular Mobilization Forces is an umbrella group for a number of Iran-backed militias that include the Imam Ali Brigades and Sayed al-Shuhada. The PMF is practically run by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a military commander who has been designated a terrorist by Washington. Several powerful Iranian - backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of escalating conflict with the US, according to senior commanders and Iraqi officials speaking to Reuters. 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. Iran’s theocratic Shiite regime has built a chain of militia groups in the Middle East, known as the “ Axis of Resistance ,” after the hardliner Rohullah Khomeini overthrew the Persian monarchy.
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