Eye on Iran's Proxies and Partners

A Weekly News Summary from UANI

Offerings consist of weekly analyses and summaries tracking the activities of Iran’s Axis of Resistance in the Levant—focusing on Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Iraq, and Syria. 


  • Israel and the Palestinian Territories

    Amid Rapprochement with Iran, Egypt invites Hamas, Jihad leaders to Cairo 

    Leaders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) headed to Cairo on Thursday for talks with Egyptian intelligence officials on ways to preserve the current ceasefire agreement with Israel, Palestinian sources said on Thursday. The...

  • Israel and the Palestinian Territories

    Iran Spreads Disinformation About Jerusalem Day

    Israeli police issued a statement this week accusing Iran and terror groups of spreading false rumors on social media that the contentious Jerusalem Day Flag March would go through the Temple Mount. This was meant to inflame the situation...

  • Israel and the Palestinian Territories

    Israeli Targeted Assassination of PIJ Commanders Touches off Latest Gaza Fighting Round 

    Nearly three months ago, Khader Adnan — a Palestinian prisoner in Israel and a leader of an armed Palestinian group called Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) — began a hunger strike to protest...

  • Israel and the Palestinian Territories 

    PIJ Figure Dies in Israeli Prison, Sparking Israel-Gaza Escalation

    More than 100 Palestinian rockets and mortars were fired into Israel and Israeli warplanes struck sites said to be linked to Hamas, which governs Gaza. The escalation came after Khader Adnan, a senior figure in...

  • Lebanon 

    Hezbollah Financier Extradited to the U.S. on Sanctions Evasion Charges

    Mohammad Bazzi, a dual Lebanese-Belgian citizen accused by the United States of financing Lebanon's Hezbollah has been extradited from Romania and faced sanctions evasion and money laundering charges on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, prosecutors said. Bazzi, who...

  • Lebanon 

    U.S. and U.K. Sanction Hezbollah Financier

    The United States and Britain announced sanctions Tuesday in connection with a diamond and art dealer accused of providing financial support to the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah. 

    Britain said it had used domestic counter-terrorism powers for the first time to freeze...

  • Iraq 

    Secretary-General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Visits Baghdad

    To mark Quds Day, the Secretary-General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Ziyad al-Nakhalah visited Iraq. This was the first time Nakhalah addressed a Quds Day celebration in Iraq and appeared to be the first official trip that Nakhalah has made to the...

  • Iraq

    Commander of IRGC’s Quds Force Visits Iraq 

    Photos emerged of the Commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force Esmail Ghaani visiting Iraq this week. He arrived on Thursday evening for an unannounced visit. He is expected to meet with Iraq’s prime minister and other leaders. According to Shafaq News...

  • Lebanon and Hezbollah 

    Nasrallah Gives Speech, Addresses IED in Megiddo

    Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech this week to mark the passing of one of the group’s founding commanders, Hussein al-Shami. During the speech, Nasrallah addressed the recent improvised explosive device (IED) detonated at a traffic junction...

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