Irans Axis of Resistance are abandoning the Islamic Republic in its fight against Israel: Time to keep your head down

Iran’s once-feared “Axis of Resistance” has appeared to have turned its back on the Islamic Republic — leaving the theocracy high and dry as it fights for its survival and waning influence in the Middle East, according to experts.While Tehran has spent decades building up militias in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria, most of the groups have found themselves battered in recent years, making them unable and unwilling to take on the Jewish state and support Iran.Instead, the once-devoted Iranian proxies — which include Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and Shiite militias — are focused on their own survival.Some have even lost their faith in Iran’s ability to protect them.“For all of these networks right now, it’s about survival.They all understand the wrath of these types of military campaigns,” Renad Mansour, a senior fellow and Iraq Initiative project director at the Chatham House think tank told the Wall Street Journal.

“Many of them question if this is the time for resistance or whether it’s the time to keep your head down and try to stay out of this conflict,” he added.The ongoing war in Gaza has claimed about 20,000 Hamas fighters and destroyed the vast majority of its terror infrastructure, according to the Israeli military — with the group only launching a few missiles over the border following the start of the conflict with Iran.Hezbollah — which was once considered Iran’s most powerful proxy — has been similarly crippled following last year’s war campaign in Lebanon, which saw the Israel Defense Forces wipe out nearly all of the terror group’s leaders, including founder Hassan Nasrallah.Israel’s surprise pager attack last September, which killed dozens of Hezbollah militants and wounded thousands more, also left a lasting chilling effect, with Arab diplomats telling the WSJ that the group is prioritizing its recovery rather than jumping into another conflict.Some members of the paramilitary group also feel that Iran ...