Axis of Resistance

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Iran-aligned bloc informal alliance political-military alliance

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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Statements (59)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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