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Regional Impact of the Israel-Gaza War: Zooming-in on Iraq
Abstract
The Israel-Gaza war has triggered significant attacks between Israel and neighbouring states , as well as between US troops and armed groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen. In Iraq, the Islamic Resistance (IR)/ muqawama label emerged as a telegram brand on 18 October 2023 . It is used by diverse armed groups linked to Iran to claim attacks on US and US-affiliated forces in Iraq and Syria to halt US support for Israel. Armed groups such as Asaʾib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), Kataʾib Hezbollah (KH), Harakat al-Nujaba (HaN) or Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) use this branding to avoid revealing the exact operator of a drone or rocket attack on US (-linked) targets. You can download the blog post here .