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Hezbollah
![What Hezbollah’s Fortifications Teach Us About North Korean Defenses What Hezbollah’s Fortifications Teach Us About North Korean Defenses](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-17-134101.jpg)
What Hezbollah’s Fortifications Teach Us About North Korean Defenses
By A. B. Abrams
![Central Asian Jihadi Perspectives on Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Central Asian Jihadi Perspectives on Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-03-110005.jpg)
Central Asian Jihadi Perspectives on Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’
By Uran Botobekov
![Why Did North Korea Just Threaten Israel? Why Did North Korea Just Threaten Israel?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-18_13-47-30.jpg)
Why Did North Korea Just Threaten Israel?
By Samuel Ramani
![Has Putin Just Killed the Iran-Russia Air Defense Missile Deal? Has Putin Just Killed the Iran-Russia Air Defense Missile Deal?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-03-08_17-29-35.jpg)
Has Putin Just Killed the Iran-Russia Air Defense Missile Deal?
By Franz-Stefan Gady
![North Korea's Middle East Pivot North Korea's Middle East Pivot](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-07-28_19-00-47.jpg)
North Korea's Middle East Pivot
By Zachary Keck
![Australian Police Seize $510 Million in Drugs, Cash and Assets in Money Laundering Sting Australian Police Seize $510 Million in Drugs, Cash and Assets in Money Laundering Sting](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-23_14-26-23.jpg)
Australian Police Seize $510 Million in Drugs, Cash and Assets in Money Laundering Sting
By J.T. Quigley
![Why Obama Should Work with Iran on Syria Now Why Obama Should Work with Iran on Syria Now](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sizes/thumbnail/956_5242abbd35a14.jpg)
Why Obama Should Work with Iran on Syria Now
The Russian offer gives the U.S. to engage with Iran on a host of regional issues, including Syria.
![What Iranian Terror Threat? What Iranian Terror Threat?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/2806_5243840274b29.jpg)
What Iranian Terror Threat?
Contrary to a new U.S. report, 2012 demonstrated both Iran’s limited aims and capability to conduct terrorist attacks.
![Israel’s Target in Syria Was Hezbollah, Not Assad Israel’s Target in Syria Was Hezbollah, Not Assad](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sizes/thumbnail/2954_524387a7c140b.jpg)
Israel’s Target in Syria Was Hezbollah, Not Assad
Reports indicate that strikes targeted short-range missiles that were awaiting transfer to Hezbollah.
![The "Copycat" War: Iran Strikes Back The "Copycat" War: Iran Strikes Back](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sizes/thumbnail/Iran2.jpg)
The "Copycat" War: Iran Strikes Back
From cyberstrikes, assassinations, and drone surveillance, Iran seems to copying Western tactics. Retaliation, not escalation, is Tehran’s goal.
![Opening Pandora's Box: If Israel Strikes Iran, What About Hezbollah? Opening Pandora's Box: If Israel Strikes Iran, What About Hezbollah?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sizes/thumbnail/Hizbollah_flag.jpg)
Opening Pandora's Box: If Israel Strikes Iran, What About Hezbollah?
Hezbollah, through direct strikes or terrorism, could complicate Israel’s decision to attack Iran and spark an even greater regional crisis.
![The Enmity Conspiracy, or How War with Iran Became 'Inevitable' The Enmity Conspiracy, or How War with Iran Became 'Inevitable'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sizes/thumbnail/70838.jpg)
The Enmity Conspiracy, or How War with Iran Became 'Inevitable'
Trita Parsi argues that a running series of miscalculations, escalations, and assumptions are driving the West and Iran towards open conflict.