Can the Iranian initiative in the Middle East be reversed? - analysis

On January 27 Iranian-backed militias from Iraq launched a Shahed-style drone at a facility in Jordan where US soldiers are located. They killed three Americans. Overnight between January 31 and February 1, the Iranian-backed Houthis said they struck a merchant ship linked to the US in the Red Sea.

Just before nine in the evening, sirens also sounded in Shlomi in northern Israel, evidence of another Hezbollah attack.

The attacks by Iranian-backed proxies in the region are daily and relentless. Can the trend be reversed?

The attacks by Iran’s proxies in the region didn’t start on October 7. However, they have grown exponentially since the Hamas attack on Israel.

Prior to October 7 the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria had perpetrated around 90 attacks on US forces since January 2021. They had also carried out dozens of attacks on US forces between 2019 and 2021. READ MORE