Policy Analysis

The diverse coalition may be able to form a viable government, but it will need to navigate carefully in light of internal political differences and Netanyahu’s presence in the opposition as a potential spoiler.

Nouri al-Maliki is gathering various Iraqi resistance figures who fought both Saddam and the coalition, but this marginal "old timer" party is not the same as Kataib Hezbollah, which has yet to show its hand in parliamentary politics.

Ahd Allah Islamic Movement is a social and cultural movement built around Kataib Hezbollah ideologue Hashem al-Haidari.

سکوت آشکار واشنگتن در مورد خرابکاری در تاسیسات اتمی نطنز ایران، بدون شک از این واقعیت نشات می‌گیرد که اسرائیل از این طریق زمان بیشتری برای مذاکرات هسته‌ای خریده است.

Parochial interests and war fatigue are driving many member states to support premature elections and normalization with Damascus, but this approach will only consolidate Assad’s control and help him evade accountability for war crimes.

Benefitting from offshore natural gas reserves should be a win-win situation, but in this case the players may turn it into a zero-sum game.

A U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization that emerged from Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah, works directly with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and has a transnational focus on the shared regional agenda of Iran's "axis of resistance."

وزیر خارجه ایران حرف‌های زیادی درباره دخالت سیاسی شاخه قدس سپاه در داخل کشور و رابطه نزدیک آن با مسکو مطرح ساخت و رژیم هیچ بخشی از سخنان او را رد نکرده است.

گرچه هر دو طرف سعی کرده‌اند حملات دریایی خود را در مقابله-به-مثل تحت کنترل داشته باشند، این حملات با ریسک قابل ‌توجهِ اشتباه محاسبه و افزایش تنش همراه است که می‌تواند کشتیرانی بین‌المللی را به خطر بیندازد.

The Imam Hussein Scout Association is Kataib Hezbollah’s youth organization and an affiliate of Lebanese Hezbollah's Kishaf al-Imam al-Mahdi youth movement.

Russian-Turkish compromise in Syria puts Syrian Kurds in a dangerous position.

شایعات جدید در درون حاکمیت جمهوری اسلامی درباره فعالیت‌های مجتبی خامنه‌ای زاویه دیگری برای نگریستن به تحولات پیچیده‌ای فراهم آورده که روند نهایی جانشینی را پیش خواهد برد.

The Sharia Youth Gathering is an umbrella movement of social service, cultural, sports, and scouting organizations that is effectively controlled by Kataib Hezbollah through a cadre of linked commanders.

As the risks of holding Palestinian elections come into focus, a Palestinian Authority decision to postpone the elections will increase tensions on the ground while highlighting structural flaws within Fatah and the PA.

افزایش تنش اخیر بین دو کشور در دریا عمدتا از تلاش‌های ایران برای تامین مالی حزب‌الله نشأت می‌گیرد که تاکیدی است بر وابستگی متقابل شبه‌نظامیان لبنانی، تهران، و رژیم اسد.

Asaib Ahl al-Haq is a major Iraqi armed group that identifies as part of Iran's axis of resistance but stubbornly maintains a degree of independence, forming numerous cells to conduct kinetic, media, and social operations, some bankrolled by the Iraqi state.

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba proved its "axis of resistance" credentials in Syria, but its role in terrorism and repression in Iraq is more enigmatic.

If the $1.1 billion deal goes ahead, it will strengthen Abu Dhabi’s claim to be a player in the East Mediterranean.

Although the Biden administration strongly favors a diplomatic path to ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon, it needs to show that it will exercise other options if Tehran makes a viable deal impossible.

To safeguard U.S. national security, the Biden administration needs to hold the UAE to the same standards it demands of other partners in the Joint Strike Fighter program.