Iran Plans to Bring the Hizballah Model to Syria and Iraq
A threat to the U.S. and to Israel.
February 5, 2018
Iran Plans to Bring the Hizballah Model to Syria and Iraq
A threat to the U.S. and to Israel.
The Islamic Republic has managed over the decades to establish Hizballah not only as a powerful military force in Lebanon and a base for terrorist operations but also as a means of exercising political control over the Beirut government and infiltrating the Lebanese military. In Iraq since the early 1980s, and in Syria since 2011, the ayatollahs have been cultivating similar Shiite militias for similar purposes. In an extensive study, Hanin Ghaddar explains how the militias operate, Iran’s plans for them, and what the U.S. can do to counter them:
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