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‘Squad’ Dem launches comeback House bid after anti-Israel views torpedoed campaign: ‘We need a fighter’
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Former Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., announced on Friday that she is mounting a comeback congressional bid more than a year after losing her Democratic primary to a more moderate challenger.
«St. Louis deserves a leader who is built different,» Bush announced in a video shared on social media. «That’s why I’m running to represent Missouri’s 1st District in Congress. We need a fighter who will lower costs, protect our communities, and make life fairer. I’ll be that fighter.»
The «Squad» member was ousted in the Democratic primary in Aug. 2024 by St. Louis County prosecutor Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Mo., who is a more moderate candidate and had the backing of pro-Israel groups that spent millions to unseat Bush.
«I ran for Congress to change things for regular people,» Bush said in the campaign launch video. «I’m running again because St. Louis deserves leadership that doesn’t wait for permission, doesn’t answer to wealthy donors and doesn’t hide when things get tough.»
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Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., delivers her concession speech during a primary election watch party on Aug. 6, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
Bush was first elected to Congress in Nov. 2020, quickly joining the ranks of the progressive «Squad,» including Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, who were elected in 2018.
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The Missouri progressive was re-elected in 2022, but she became the second member of the «Squad» to lose her Democratic primary last year after Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., also lost to a more moderate pro-Israel Democrat.
Like Bowman, Bush had emerged in Congress as a vocal critic of the United States’ ties to Israel, calling Israel’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack a «war crime» for «Israel’s collective punishment against Palestinians.»
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks at a «Veterans Demand Ceasefire» rally in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 9, 2023. (Fox News Digital)
«All across America, we see it,» Bush said. «Our rights rolled back, our history being rewritten, our lives on the line. The stakes for our community here have never been higher. I’m running because our district deserves someone ten toes down. For our families, for our wallets, for our safety, for our democracy, and for our bright future. St. Louis is built different, so am I, and so are we.»
Soon after President Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, Bush teased a congressional run to POLITICO.
«The Squad will keep fighting,» she told the outlet. «The numbers will be lower for the 119th Congress, but they will keep fighting for people who have the greatest need. They’re not going to change their priorities and what they believe. The number of people in Congress on the team will just be smaller. But they’ve never been silent. Anyone who underestimates our power is severely mistaken, because we aren’t going anywhere, and I will always be Squad. I’m not going far.»
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., delivers her concession speech during a primary election watch party at Chevre Events on Aug. 6, 2024 in St Louis, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
While the country shifted to the right in 2024, with Republicans securing control of the White House and Congress, the upcoming midterm elections will prove a litmus test for Trump’s sweeping second-term agenda.
And Bush’s announcement comes as Republicans secured victories in their redistricting battles, picking up five additional Republican-leaning districts in Texas and one additional conservative-leaning congressional seat in Missouri.
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Gov. Mike Kehoe, R-Mo., signed Missouri’s new map into law on Sunday as California Democrats seek to level the playing field with their own redistricting efforts.
Bell’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Elkind and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
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Chasing the apocalypse: Radical Shiite clerics on American soil preach prophetic showdown with US
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MANASSAS, Va. – FIRST ON FOX: For many, the war with Iran — and the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — might seem like the climactic end to a long, brutal reign of terror by the theological clerics who have run the country since 1979.
But a Fox News Digital investigation reveals that, for certain hardline Shiite ideologues, including in the U.S., this is not an ending but a prophetic showdown that will usher in the arrival of the «Mahdi,» a messiah, according to Islamic eschatology, or the theology of end times.
In this prophecy, Mahdi will emerge to battle Dajjal, the Islamic equivalent of the Antichrist, in a final battle of Armageddon. For many of these ideologues, President Donald Trump is Dajjal.
At a recent Friday sermon at a local Shiite mosque in northern Virginia, an imam closed prayer with an earnest plea, before war broke out in Iran: «May Allah destroy all the nonbelievers – or kafiroon or munafiqoon,» he said, using Arabic words that refer to «nonbelievers» and «hypocrites.»
He asked for this victory «before the arrival of Imam Mahdi.»
Fox News Digital observed the sermon and also witnessed a special table of honor in the middle of the mosque’s main prayer hall, featuring framed photos of Khamenei embracing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah, also killed by Israel for orchestrating terrorist attacks.
In June 2025, a northern Virginia mosque co-organizes a White House protest with far-left groups backing the Iranian regime; a demonstrator flashes an apocalyptic «Mahdi» flag. (Asra Q. Nomani/Fox News Digital)
The Friday service at the Manassas Mosque reveals a theological dynamic that Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned about in early February, noting that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s leaders are guided not merely by geopolitics and national security considerations, but by «pure theology.»
«We have to understand that Iran ultimately is governed, and its decisions are governed by Shiite clerics — radical Shiite clerics — who make policy decisions on the basis of pure theology,» Rubio said.
In its investigation, Fox News Digital conducted a digital analysis of hours of sermons and scores of pages of pro-regime protest slogans, messaging and social media posts, using large-language models, and found clerics, community leaders and media platforms in the U.S. framing tensions with Iran in explicitly apocalyptic terms rooted in eschatology, or Islamist end-times theology.
The investigation found that precepts shaping Tehran’s worldview, from its clerics to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, are also being preached on American soil by proxies for Iran’s propaganda.
From the mosque in northern Virginia to religious institutions in Michigan and Texas, clerics aligned with the Islamic Republic are advancing a doomsday interpretation of faith that casts geopolitical and military confrontation with the U.S. as part of a prophetic destiny tied to the return of the Mahdi.
After war broke out Friday night, Fox News Digital witnessed pro-regime chats on messaging platforms, like Telegram, filled with prayers, awaiting «the arrival» of Mahdi.
«We need Al Mahdi…His return with Jesus will be the final win permanently,» one read.
«The saviour the warrior the dominator ‘ imam mahdi ’ [sic] will arrive,» read another.
Last summer, the Manassas Mosque co-organized a White House protest with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition, CodePink and other far-left groups to support the Iranian regime. The groups are now again protesting Trump’s military action against Iran.
One demonstrator, wearing a black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarf over her face, carried a flag last summer that read «Labayk ya Mahdi» in Arabic, meaning, «At your service, oh, Mahdi.»
In Farsi, Arabic and English, the flag also had the message, «I dedicate every single of my steps to your reappearance.»
U.S. clerics and media platforms promote Islamic «end times» theology that predicts the arrival of the Mahdi, or Messiah, to end «corruption» in the world. (TMJ News Network/Instagram @TMJNewsNetwork and 313 Wisdom of Imams/@313.wisdom)
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Pro-regime mosques, K-12 schools and local community organizations in the U.S. are «producing messaging that mirrors Tehran’s talking points almost word for word,» warned Andrew Ghalili, policy director at the National Union for Democracy in Iran, an advocacy group led by Iranian Americans who oppose the theocratic regime running Iran.
In an upcoming report, «The Ayatollahs’ Influence Network in the United States,» reviewed by Fox News Digital, the group’s researchers conclude the Islamic Republic of Iran spreads «Tehran’s messaging» in a network of institutions it supports in the U.S., for example, pitting Trump as the Dajjal fighting defenders of the Mahdi, like Khamenei and now his successors.
«What we’re seeing is years of deliberate investment by the Islamic Republic inside the United States,» Ghalili told Fox News Digital.
«This is happening on American soil, and it’s just another way in which the regime poses a direct threat to the United States, this time not with missiles but through infiltration,» he said.
A gunman just killed three in Austin, Texas, wearing a sweater that said, «PROPERTY OF ALLAH.» According to media reports, law enforcement officials found the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran and photos of its leaders in his home.
On March 1, 2026, in Sana’a, Yemen, pro-Iran protesters brandish billboards depicting the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei, flags of Yemen and Iran, weapons, and chant slogans at a rally held to condemn the U.S.-Israel aerial attacks on Iran and the killing of Khamenei and several military officials. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
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After the recent Friday service, two community leaders at the Manassas mosque declined to speak for attribution but told Fox News Digital that the rhetoric of destroying «nonbelievers» and the photos of Khamenei and the terrorist group leaders are meant to challenge «injustice» before the Mahdi appears.
A Harvard University report on «The Hidden Imam and the End of Time» recognizes the world’s two billion Muslims hold a range of beliefs regarding eschatology and many reject strict or literal interpretations.
In the majority Sunni sect and the minority Shiite sect of Islam, clerics describe the Mahdi’s army traveling from modern-day Iran to Damascus, Syria, where Jesus would appear at the Umayyad Mosque and pray behind the Mahdi. The Mahdi’s forces would battle Dajjal in Syria and kill him in Lod, Israel, conquering the world.
Days ago, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency repeated the end-times narrative, quoting Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem, claiming the regime is the «government of Imam Mahdi» and its anti-U.S. «resistance is the path to hastening his reappearance.»
With the dramatic backdrop of an American flag, skulls for stars and the message «DOWN WITH THE U.S.A.» over the flag’s stripes, Iranians attended a state-organized rally in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, celebrating the birthday of Imam Mahdi, or the «Hidden Imam,» a 9th-century saint whom Shiite Muslims believe will return at the end of time as a messiah to end tyranny and promote justice. In the U.S., Shiite clerics and mosques held similar celebrations, also vilifying the U.S. and supporting the regime running the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
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For women’s rights activist Sara Ghorbani, a writer who fled Iran’s rigid theocratic rule in 2010, the regime’s death grip on power is disturbing.
«We’re fighting an evil that the world doesn’t truly comprehend in its belief that it has a divine mandate to usher in a day of apocalypse,» Ghorbani told Fox News Digital.
«Our brave people in Iran are fighting a tyranny that believes it is God’s salvation for this earth when, in fact, it is a cruel and ungodly regime that is actually their own prophecy of Dajjal,» added Ghorbani, who created a short video of children the Iranian regime allegedly killed in recent weeks.
Women’s rights activist Sara Ghorbani uses her Instagram account to share the stories of children allegedly killed by Iranian security forces amid recent protests against the country’s leaders. She challenges the narrative that the regime is fighting «injustice» by the U.S. «empire.» (Sarah Ghorbani/Instagram @sara.ghorbani13)
In Dearborn, Michigan, Usama Abdulghani, imam at the Hadi Institute, recently posted a controversial video on a YouTube channel for «Light of Guidance,» which says on its YouTube page that its content isn’t connected to any other organization.
Before war broke out, he warned congregants that «the empire is now right outside the door» of Iran, in the form of U.S. forces. The Hadi Institute and the Light of Guidance didn’t respond to requests for comment about the cleric’s statements.
In another lecture, he reassured congregants, «Iran has been waiting for the mother of all battles for 47 years,» since 1979. He said Americans shouldn’t fight «for this empire.»
He urged congregants to engage in a «clarification jihad» and convert Americans to Islam «before Imam Mahdi returns.»
In its report, the National Union for Democracy in Iran alleges that the Hadi Institute is a «rhetorically aggressive node in the pro-Iran ecosystem.» It has a publishing enterprise that says on its website that its staff «deliver an unfiltered message in promoting an Islamic worldview in preparation of the Mahdi.» The Hadi Institute and its publishing initiative didn’t respond to questions about the criticisms about its work.
It alleges anti-U.S. propaganda, like the doomsday scenario, is often expressed at venues supported by a pro-regime New York-based 501(c)(3) organization, the Alavi Foundation, which it alleges has built «durable, institution-based influence networks operating inside the United States through religious, educational and nonprofit structures.»
In its latest IRS Form 990 filing, the Alavi Foundation, headquartered on Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan, reported $58 million in assets. The Alavi Foundation didn’t respond to a request for comment about the allegations that it promotes propaganda that supports the regime in Iran.
At one point, Abdulghani reassured his congregation that Iran would defeat U.S. forces, saying, «Iran has something for these guys. Don’t be worried about Iran. Iran has been waiting for the mother of all battles for 47 years. They’ve been waiting for this. Iran is prepared. Don’t worry about that. Iran’s going to be able to handle its business.»
In a new report, researchers at the National Contagion Research Institute, based in Princeton, N.J., analyzed regime narratives alleging the CIA and Israel’s Mossad spy agency, fomented January’s protests against the regime, an allegation that Abdulghani repeated. They found «decentralized influence networks,» including in the U.S., «operationalize and amplify» pro-regime narratives.
The pro-regime messaging even invokes the end-times narrative to children. In late December, the «Muslim Student Association Persian-Speaking Group of North America» shared a video showing children coloring paper masks, swords and shields labeled «Ya Mahdi, Labayk,» or «Oh Mahdi, come.» The children staged mock attacks with their paper weapons amid Legos and glitter.
A few years ago, a video from the Islamic Education Center of Houston went viral in Iran, featuring students saying they would be soldiers for Imam Mahdi, singing, «I make an oath to be your martyr.» The center didn’t respond to requests for comment, but an academic told the local media the video was metaphorical allegiance to a religious figure.
The Manassas Mosque in northern Virginia is a Shiite mosque that includes photos of Iran’s supreme leader embracing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrullah before both were killed by Israel in 2024 for orchestrating terrorist attacks. (Asra Q. Nomani/Fox News Digital)
The messianic messaging also extends to pro-regime media platforms. Earlier this month, a media website, TMJ News Network, published an article headlined, «The Promise of Justice Amid Corruption,» featuring an image of convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein alongside a green-cloaked silhouette and images of other figures referenced in documents released by the Justice Department. Only Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell has been implicated in illegal conduct in connection with the Epstein case.
The article stated that «against this backdrop, the Mahdist movement represents a promise of justice.»
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On the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution, the pro-regime Light of Guidance hosted an assistant imam, Hassan Salamey, who invoked «the Epstein list» to denounce «the Satanic» West.
«The Islamic Republic is the system that is working to prepare the grounds for the saviors who will come side by side: Jesus, the son of Mary, and the Mahdi from the final prophet’s line,» he said. «This is the transitional government that will lead the fight to save us all.»
Back at the Manassas Mosque in northern Virginia, congregation members closed their prayers seeking to «destroy all the nonbelievers,» the portraits of Khamenei, Sinwar and Nasrullah over their shoulders.
Fox News Digital’s Hannah Brennan, Tessa Hoyos and Nikos DeGruccio contributed to this report.
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🔴 Ataque de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán, EN VIVO: las últimas noticias del conflicto en Medio Oriente, minuto a minuto
- Francia, Reino Unido y Alemania respaldaron a EE.UU. y advirtieron que tomarán medidas contra Irán
- Donald Trump aseguró que los bombardeos contra Irán podrìan extenderse por un mes «hasta cumplir con todos los objetivos».
- El papa León XIV llamó a frenar la espiral de violencia» en Irán «antes de que se convierta en una vorágine irreparable».
- El presidente de Irán, Masud Pezeshkian, aseguró que vengará la muerte de Alí Jamenei: «Es un derecho legítimo».
Las últimas noticias del conflicto en Medio Oriente, minuto a minuto
Israel desmintió que la oficina de Netanyahu haya sido atacada por Irán
Desde la oficina del primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, negaron que su sede fuera atacada por Irán este lunes, tal y como afirmaron medios iraníes citando a la Guardia Revolucionaria. «Esto es completamente falso. Es solo propaganda de la Guardia Revolucionaria», afirmó a EFE un vocero, quien confirmó que el primer ministro se encuentra en Israel.
Medios iraníes informaron este lunes citando a la Guardia Revolucionaria de que la oficina de Netanyahu y otros objetivos habían sido atacados por las Fuerzas Armadas de la República Islámica «en ataques selectivos y sorpresivos con misiles Jeibar».
EE.UU. e Israel lanzaron una nueva ola de ataques sobre Teherán e Irán advirtió: «Estamos preparados para una guerra larga»
El titular del Consejo Superior de Seguridad Nacional iraní, Alí Larijani, expresó: «Irán, a diferencia de Estados Unidos, se ha preparado para una larga guerra».
La declaración fue realizada en un comunicado a través de sus redes sociales en el tercer día del conflicto con el ataque de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán.
Nuevos bombardeos de Estados Unidos e Israel a Irán. (Foto: captura TN)
El ejército israelí asegura haber matado al jefe de inteligencia de Hezbollah
El ejército de Israel aseguró que mató al jefe de los servicios de inteligencia de Hezbollah, Hussein Moukalled, en un ataque en Beirut este domingo.
«En un ataque preciso en Beirut anoche, el terrorista Hussein Moukalled, que se desempeñaba como jefe del cuartel general de inteligencia de Hezbollah, ha sido eliminado», afirmó el ejército en un comunicado.
Por la guerra en Medio Oriente, bajan las bolsas, el petróleo sube casi 10% y el oro cotiza a más de US$5400
Por la tensión en Medio Oriente, bajan las bolsas, el petróleo sube casi 10% y el oro cotiza a más de US$5400. (AP Foto/Richard Drew)
Los precios del petróleo y del gas saltaron este lunes, mientras el oro volvió a acercarse a los US$5500 y las bolsas de Asia y Europa caían a raíz de la tensión en Medio Oriente desatada por los ataques de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán y la respuesta de Teherán.
En las bolsas, las generalizadas caídas de más de 2% se replicaron por Asia -salvo Shanghai que subió 0.5%-. La tendencia bajista dominaba las operaciones en las bolsas de Europa y se esperaba similar escenario para la de Nueva York y el resto del continente, incluida la de Buenos Aires.
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Irán afirma que atacó a la oficina de Netanyahu en Israel y bombardeó una refinería en Arabia Saudita
Los medios, que citaron a la Guardia Revolucionaria, informaron este lunes de que la oficina del primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, resultó atacada en las últimas horas. Hasta el momento no hay confirmación oficial por parte de las autoridades israelíes.
Además, se confirmó el bombardeo a una refinería de la mayor petrolera en Arabia Saudita. Los trabajadores de la refinería de petróleo Ras Tanura de Saudi Aramco debieron evacuar la zona tras un ataque con drones iraníes.
«La oficina del primer ministro criminal del régimen sionista y la sede del comandante de la fuerza aérea del régimen fueron atacados», indicó el ejército ideológico de la república islámica en un comunicado difundido por la agencia de noticias Fars.
Conflicto en Medio Oriente: tres F-15 estadounidenses fueron derribados por fuego amigo en Kuwait
Esta mañana, tres cazas F-15E Strike Eagle estadounidenses que volaban en apoyo de la Operación Furia pica se estrellaron en Kuwait debido a un aparente incidente de fuego amigo.
El CENTCOM de Estados Unidos explicó a través de un comunicado que durante un combate activo, que incluyó ataques de aeronaves iraníes, misiles balísticos y drones, los cazas de la Fuerza Aérea estadounidense fueron derribados por error por las defensas aéreas kuwaitíes.
Los seis tripulantes se eyectaron sanos y salvos, fueron recuperados y se encuentran en condición estable. Kuwait reconoció el incidente y agradece a las Fuerzas de Defensa de Kuwait por sus esfuerzos y apoyo en esta operación en curso. La causa del accidente está bajo investigación.
Tras el ataque a Irán, crece la presión en EE.UU. para que Trump termine rápido el conflicto en Medio Oriente
El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump (Foto: Reuters)
Donald Trump necesita un desenlace rápido de la guerra en Irán. De lo contrario corre serio de riesgo de pagar un elevado costo político en su base de apoyo electoral y dentro de su Partido Republicano, muy en especial en el movimiento MAGA (Make America Great Again) que lo llevó a la presidencia.
“La coalición MAGA quiere resultados rápidos”, advirtió una fuente citada por el sitio estadounidense Axios.
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Francia, Reino Unido y Alemania respaldaron a EE.UU. y advirtieron que tomarán medidas contra Irán
Teherán recibió una nueva ola de bombardeos (Foto: EFE)
Francia, Reino Unido y Alemania, que forman el denominado bloque E3, avisaron este domingo que considerarán tomar medidas para destruir la capacidad de Irán de lanzar misiles y drones.
Los eventuales ataques, según dijeron, buscarían defender sus intereses y los de sus aliados en Oriente Medio.
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En las calles de Irán se mezclaron manifestaciones de celebración y de luto por la muerte de Ali Jamenei
Iraníes festejan muerte del líder supremo Ali Jamenei (Video: X/@bbcpersian. Foto: Reuters)
La muerte del líder supremo iraní, Ali Jamenei, derivó en manifestaciones de júbilo y de pesar en distintos puntos de Irán tras el inicio de la ofensiva estadounidense-israelí.
“Grandes multitudes inundaron las calles de Teherán y otras ciudades del país la madrugada del domingo para celebrar su muerte, entre fuegos artificiales, bailes y vítores. Horas después, decenas de dolientes más salieron a las calles, entre lágrimas, para lamentar su muerte, ondeando banderas iraníes y sosteniendo fotos del ayatolá Jamenei”, escribió The New York Times.
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Iran’s terror proxies, from Iraq to Lebanon, say they’re ready to respond to US-Israel attacks
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has built a coalition of largely Shiite terrorist proxies — the axis of resistance — that will join Tehran in counterstrikes in response to the joint U.S.-Israel preventive attacks on Iran’s military installations and leadership.
The most dangerous of Iran’s allies is its main strategic partner, the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah.
Israel’s army had been intensely targeting Hezbollah positions ahead of the U.S. campaign, Operation Epic Fury.
A flag bearing the picture of assassinated pro-Iranian Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah flutters in front of a picture of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a ceremony marking the first anniversary of Nasrallah’s assassination in an Israeli airstrike at his grave in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 27, 2025. (Marwan Naamani/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)
Hezbollah
The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is obligated to disarm Hezbollah, according to the November 2024 ceasefire with Israel.
«In Lebanon, we continue to act daily against attempts by the Hezbollah terrorist organization to rebuild and rearm,» Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Effie Defrin said Friday.
«An example of this is the strike we carried out yesterday in the Baalbek area, during which we targeted ammunition depots and eliminated terrorists from the Radwan Force. We will not allow Hezbollah to rebuild its capabilities and pose a threat to Israeli civilians.»
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Smoke rises over the city after the Israeli army launched a second wave of airstrikes on Iran in Tehran Feb. 28, 2026. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
An official from Hezbollah said Wednesday that the jihadi terrorist organization will not intervene militarily if the U.S. delivers «limited» strikes on Iran. Yet the Hezbollah official said the organization regards any attack against Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a «red line.»
According to the Israel-based Alma Research and Education Center (Alma), «Hezbollah fields a substantial combat force, estimated at around 40,000-50,000 active combatants and an additional 30,000-50,000 reservists. Central to its offensive structure is the Radwan Unit, which Hezbollah is making major efforts to rebuild and restore.»
Iran rebuilds Hezbollah ties as Trump gives 10- to 15-day deadline. (Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
IDF Lt. Col. (Res.) Sarit Zehavi, president and founder of Alma in northern Israel, told Fox News Digital the «Lebanese army is not putting much effort into disarming Hezbollah. The outcome of that is good intentions are just words. As a resident of the north, I have not seen any systematic disarmament.»
Edy Cohen, a Lebanese-born Israeli scholar of Hezbollah, told Fox News Digital the «Lebanese population does not see Hezbollah as resistance» because Hezbollah lost its recent war against Israel. He said Hezbollah failed in its efforts to aid Hamas in Gaza to defeat Israel after its Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of the Jewish state.
Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces
The second Iranian-backed proxy is the Shiite militia movement in Iraq. Entifadh Qanbar, a former spokesman for the deputy prime minister of Iraq, told Fox News Digital he believes the Shiite militia will join Iran in the war.
«Many second-tier Shia leaders, militia lords, as I like to call them, harbor ambitions to rise and challenge the aging top-tier top leadership,» Qanbar said. «They have accumulated enormous wealth, and the only way they can compete with the old guard is by proving to Iran that they are bold, reckless and ready to fight in defense of Tehran.
Members of the Popular Mobilisation units, paramilitary forces that are dominated by Iran-backed Shiite militias, hold an Islamist flag in Tikrit April 5, 2015, after Iraqi forces retook the northern city from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists earlier in the month. (Mohammed Sawaf/AFP via Getty Images)
«Their ambitions have blinded their rational thinking. These are militia terrorists with little understanding of the outside world, yet they are dangerously overconfident. They are loose cannons, completely out of control, and Iran is prepared to throw them into the fire because they are expendable. That is why you see Kataeb Hezbollah in Iraq issuing threats, while older, more established militias like Hezbollah Lebanon have made it clear they will not participate.»
The pro-Iran Iraqi militia accuses the U.S. of bombing it and pledged a retaliatory response on Saturday. Kataeb Hezbollah said the U.S. is responsible for a strike that targeted an Iraqi military base that houses the Iranian proxy militia. The Iraqi terrorist group says it will «soon start assaulting American bases in response to their attacks.»
Houthi terrorists walk over British and U.S. flags at a rally in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the recent Houthi strikes on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Feb. 4, 2024, on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
Houthis
The third wing of the axis of resistance is the Houthi movement in Yemen.
The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have decided to resume missile and drone attacks on shipping routes and on Israel in support of Iran, according to two senior Houthi officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because there is no official announcement from the Houthi leadership, according to The Associated Press.
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One of the officials said the rebels’ first attack could come as soon as «tonight.» Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip is also part of the axis of resistance and Hamas and Iran are also partners in their campaigns to destroy the Jewish state.
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