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A ship fires missiles at an undisclosed location, after US President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on March 15, 2025.

Iran scales back its support of proxies to focus on Trump's threat, Iranian officials say

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump in front of a background of newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen December 2, 2023 (illustrative)

US gov't offers $15 million reward for providing crucial Houthi tips

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

Samidoun poster calling for “Long Live October 7”

Activists petition Treasury Department to sanction charities that serve as terror proxies

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Supporters of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces offer condolences over the deaths of Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi and others, outside the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad on May 20, 2024.

Why Iran-backed militias in Iraq are Tehran's most resilient proxies

By ERIC R. MANDEL

The embroidered flags of Lebanon, Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Palestinian Authority (illustrative)

Documents captured from Hamas reveal Iran's complex weapons smuggling network

By AVI ASHKENAZI

A member of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah attends the funeral of a commander who was killed in a strike in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday, September 22, 2024.

Will Iranian-backed militias in Iraq march to Syria? Orders awaited

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A rebel fighter takes away a flag that belonged to Islamic State militants in Akhtarin village, after rebel fighters advanced in the area, in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria, October 7, 2016

Syrian and Russian jets bomb rebel-held northwest Syria

By REUTERS

MISSILES FIRED from Iran are intercepted over northern Israel, last Tuesday. This has been a grueling year marked by unrelenting challenges. Just this past week, Israel faced an attack of nearly 200 ballistic missiles from Iran, the writer notes.

IDF heightens state of alert in anticipation of Iranian response

THE FLAGS (from right) of Iran, Hezbollah, and Lebanon are on display in Tehran. The Lebanese people should not allow Iran to build a Shi’ite crescent from Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea; they should stop suffering for the sake of Hezbollah, the writer urges.

Between proxies and a new attack on Israel: Iran’s dilemma

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

IDF SOLDIERS stand guard near damaged buildings in Gaza earlier this month. Though Israel’s bombardments of Gaza produce Palestinian casualties, legal responsibility for these harms lies entirely with Hamas and Iran, the writer asserts.

Israel vs. its mortal enemies: Deeper meanings of terror, violence against the Jewish state

By LOUIS RENÉ BERES

Conceptual image of war between Israel and Iran using chess pieces and national flags

Iran, Hezbollah, and allies amplify threats following Beirut strike

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

HEZBOLLAH SUPPORTERS rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, last November. The writer calls for shifting international pressure away from Israel and redirecting it toward Hamas and Hezbollah.

Why Hezbollah’s pager op. losses could lead to new phase of war

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

‘A MONSTER’ – Members of the IRGC attend a ground forces military drill in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2022.

Pager explosions killed 19 IRGC members in Syria

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

Iran celebrates Hezbollah and other proxy attacks on Israel

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A car drives past a poster depicting late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, top commander of Iran's Quds Force Qassem Soleimani and Hezbollah top commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, Lebanon, August 5, 2024.

Internal strife: Iran's delayed retaliation to Israel sparks rift within terror proxies

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THEN-IRANIAN foreign minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian meets with Houthi official Mohammad Abdul Salam, in April. Iran has now gained a foothold on the Arabian Peninsula, says the writer.

The Houthis: Iranian pawns, who also want to take over Yemen

By NEVILLE TELLER

Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion is docked to the port of Aden, Yemen to which it arrived after being attacked in the Red Sea in what appears to have been a mistaken missile strike by Houthi militia, February 21, 2024.

Escalating Houthi attacks draw attention from Iran and Gulf States

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Armed Houthi followers ride on the back of a pick-up truck during a parade in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to show support to Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in Sanaa, Yemen January 29, 2024.

Iran doubles down on Houthi support, as it supplies group with missiles

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN