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Iranian Shiite pilgrim show cards baring pictures of slain Iranian and Iraqi commanders, respectively Qasem Soleimani (R) and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

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Iran's regime has continuously developed its capabilities required to deal with a full range of threats — from foreign military aggression, espionage and subversion to localised, civil unrest

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On February 15, 2020, Hezbollah organized a ceremony to unveil a statue of Qassem Soleimani in the Lebanese town of Maroun al-Ras, roughly half a mile from the border with Israel. The statue…

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Soleimani Was More Valuable in Politics Than in War

TheIslamic Republic of Iranhas suffered a loss with the assassination ofQassem Soleimani, its most prominent military general. The nature and dimensions of that injury, however, are not a simple…

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Supporters of Shiite Hezbollah movement react with clenched fists as they watch a speech by the movement's leader Hasan Nasrallah, transmitted on a large screen, in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs on January 5, 2020. (Getty)

Hezbollah Has Prepared for This Moment for Decades

“What is just retribution?” So askedHezbollahleaderHassan Nasrallahin a speech onJanuary 5, two days afterthe United Statesassassinated Iranian Quds Force commanderQasem Soleimaniand Iraqi Popular…

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Soleimani Was More Valuable in Politics Than in War

TheIslamic Republic of Iranhas suffered a loss with the assassination ofQassem Soleimani, its most prominent military general. The nature and dimensions of that injury, however, are not a simple…

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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, and President Hassan Rouhani, left of him, praying near the coffin of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Tehran. (Reuters)

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For the majority of his 20-year career at the top of Iran’s Quds force,Qassem Soleimanimethodically operated in the shadows to build Iran’s vast network of proxies, militias and allies across the…

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