Iran’s Race for Regional Supremacy: Strategic Implications for the Middle East

http://jcpa.org/article/irans-race-for-regional-supremacy-strategic!-implications-for-the-middle-east/

Iran has accelerated its quest for regional supremacy through its mobilization of both Shiite and Sunni terror surrogates, including Hizbullah in Lebanon, Shiite militias in Iraq and in the Gulf, the Taliban in Afghanistan, and Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Al Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades in the Palestinian territories. This pivotal Iranian role has unfortunately not been fully appreciated, and even downplayed in certain quarters.

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