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Synonyms and antonyms of the word: Iran-backed

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A Defense Department official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak freely with the media, said Friday that there were three attacks by Iran-backed militias on U.S. facilities in Iraq and Syria.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/11/17/israel-poised-to-expand-ground-offensive-beyond-northern-gaza-strip/

Although almost two thirds of all Americans take a negative view of Iran-backed Hamas, in an exclusive DailyMail.com poll, that number drops to 40 per cent among Gen Z and young Millennials.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12628875/young-students-millennials-Israel-Hamas-protest.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen’s conflict in 2015, months after the Iran-backed Houthi militias seized the capital of Sanaa in 2014, forcing the internationally recognized government into exile in Saudi Arabia.

Source: https://wtop.com/world/2023/03/syria-hopes-iran-saudi-agreement-will-ease-regional-tension/

Attempts to inspect the deteriorating ship have dragged on for years, with UN requests for access repeatedly declined by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels who control much of Yemen’s north including Hodeida port.

Source: https://yalibnan.com/2023/07/16/yemens-rusting-tanker-with-million-barrels-of-oil-is-a-ticking-time-bomb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yemens-rusting-tanker-with-million-barrels-of-oil-is-a-ticking-time-bomb

CAIRO—Saudi officials were in Yemen’s capital on Sunday for talks with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, as part of international efforts to find a settlement to Yemen’s nine-year conflict, officials said.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/04/10/china-military-displays-force-toward-taiwan-after-tsai-trip/

Concerns over a spiralling humanitarian crisis inside the besieged territory have amplified calls for an end to the hostilities, while incidents linked to Iran-backed groups acting in solidarity with Hamas have fanned fears of a wider regional conflict.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/israel-army-chief-says-war-with-hamas-will-last-many-more-months/

During more than a decade of war in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air raids on Syrian territory, primarily targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters as well as Syrian army positions.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/israeli-air-strikes-hit-targets-in-syria/article67034912.ece

Four Syrian soldiers and two Iran-backed fighters were killed last Monday in pre-dawn Israeli air strikes near Damascus, the Observatory said at the time, in the latest deadly Israeli air raid to hit war-torn Syria's capital.

Source: https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/4486706-hezbollah-displays-armored-vehicles-1st-time-lebanon

His investigation has been thwarted by a political elite – especially the powerful Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah – that fears being found complicit in the use of the chemical for bomb-making and in one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in history.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0131/Saving-democracy-by-shielding-judges?icid=rss

However, it was unlikely they would do so without at least the tacit approval of the Iran-backed terror group that controls southern Lebanon.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/no_author/is-netanyahoo-again-looking-for-war/

However, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been launching a series of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, as well as launching drones and missiles targeting Israel as it wages war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/pentagon-says-us-warship-commercial-vessels-under-attack-in-red-sea-2023-12-03.html

In further images released by the Iran-backed Huthis, white body bags were lined up on a hospital floor.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/04/tattered-clothes-bloodstains-mark-yemens-deadly-crush

Iran-backed fighters later fired rockets at an oil facility housing US troops in eastern Syria, according to Syrian opposition activists.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/israeli-defence-minister-ground-offensive-tunnel-network-gaza-9002403/

“Iran-backed militias have made 29 attacks against U.S. targets in Syria and Iraq just since October without any show of force by American forces,” Daftari explained.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/biden-on-back-foot-as-iran-proxies-hit-us-troops-in-syria-can-expect-more-not-less-attacks-2023-03-24.html

Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have traded fire along the border nearly every day since the war began, and other Iran-backed militant groups have attacked US targets in Syria and Iraq.

Source: https://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/national/23996414.us-defence-secretary-israel-to-press-targeted-approach-gaza/?ref=rss

It is the latter location where the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have chosen to launch a spate of missile and drone attacks on US Navy units and merchant shipping.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/indian-navy-read-sea-threat-yemen-iran-hamas-attack-on-israel-israel-hamas-war-9087994/

It was the deadliest confrontation between the Iran-backed Hezbollah and Lebanese who oppose it since clashes in Beirut two years ago, further rocking the stability of a country already suffering deep political and economic crises.

Source: https://www.aol.com/news/lebanese-army-ammunition-overturned-truck-081258091.html

It would be more Iran proxies, you know, like Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran-backed Shi’ia militias, but if Iran gets directly involved, then we would have to put them on the list,' he said.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12640643/US-draws-plans-use-military-force-Iran-enters-Israel-war-Congress-writes-legislation-ahead-necessary-Middle-East-conflict-intensifies.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

''Now is the time to show the world the United States firmly stands with our friend and ally Israel in our condemnation of this heinous attack by Iran-backed terrorists,'' said the committee chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/live-updates-israel-says-it-is-at-war-after-surprise-hamas-attack/600310507/