Resistance Axis

Understanding the Yemen-based militia now exerting control over international shipping in the Red Sea means understanding its roots, context, and regional alliances

Qassem Soleimani spent years building a network of pro-Iranian proxies or state allies in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. Syria fell in December 2024. At the end of June, so did two others

Saudi Arabia's steadfast position on Palestine challenges efforts to reduce resistance to a single political camp

A firestorm started by an ally helped unravel the 'Axis of Resistance'– and changed Tehran's own trajectory

His recent appointment as a national security advisor adds to the trend of more pragmatic sections of the establishment—who advocate negotiating with the West—coming to the fore

Is Iraq finally stepping out from under Iran's shadow? Al Majalla covers the story from different angles and perspectives.

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone