Axis of Resistance

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The Axis of Resistance is an informal alliance of Iran-aligned state and non-state actors in the Middle East that oppose Western and Israeli influence, including groups such as Hezbollah and various Iraqi, Syrian, and Yemeni militias.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Iran-aligned bloc
informal alliance
political-military alliance
coreMember Hamas NERFINISHED
Hezbollah NERFINISHED
Iraqi Shia militias NERFINISHED
Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED
Palestinian Islamic Jihad NERFINISHED
Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED
Yemeni Houthi movement NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName محور المقاومة NERFINISHED
Jabhat al-Muqawama NERFINISHED
Resistance Axis NERFINISHED
hasMember Ansar Allah NERFINISHED
Asaib Ahl al-Haq NERFINISHED
Badr Organization NERFINISHED
Hamas NERFINISHED
Harakat al-Nujaba NERFINISHED
Hezbollah NERFINISHED
IRGC Quds Force NERFINISHED
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps NERFINISHED
Kataib Hezbollah NERFINISHED
Liwa Fatemiyoun NERFINISHED
Liwa Zainebiyoun NERFINISHED
Palestinian Islamic Jihad NERFINISHED
Popular Mobilization Forces NERFINISHED
Syrian government-aligned militias
ideology Islamist
anti-Israeli
anti-Western
anti-Zionist
revolutionary
influencedBy Iranian Revolution NERFINISHED
Wilayat al-Faqih doctrine NERFINISHED
notableConflict Gaza–Israel conflicts NERFINISHED
Iraq conflict post-2003
Israel–Hezbollah conflict NERFINISHED
Syrian civil war NERFINISHED
Yemen civil war NERFINISHED
opposes Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
State of Israel NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
Western military presence in the Middle East
politicalPosition anti-normalization with Israel
support for Palestinian armed resistance
region Middle East
strategicGoal expand Iranian regional influence
expel U.S. forces from the region
undermine Israeli military superiority
supportedBy IRGC Quds Force NERFINISHED
Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps NERFINISHED
Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED
timePeriod 21st century
usesTactics asymmetric warfare
drone attacks
information warfare
missile and rocket attacks
proxy warfare

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iran-led regional axis alternativeName Axis of Resistance
Hassan Nasrallah associatedWith Axis of Resistance
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon associatedWith Axis of Resistance
subject surface form: Islamic Resistance in Lebanon