Axis of Resistance محور المقاومة محور مقاومت | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Political position | Anti-imperialism Anti-Zionism factions: Ba'athism Islamism |
The Axis of Resistance is an informal political alliance between the governments of Iran and Syria and the political party and militant groups Hezbollah and Ansar Allah.[1][2] Despite the alliance's differing ideologies, for example secular Ba'athism and Shia Islamism, they work together to oppose imperialist NATO, Israeli and Saudi Arabian activities in the region.[3]
History
The term was used by the Libyan daily newspaper Al-Zahf Al-Akhdar in response to U.S. president George W. Bush's claim that Iran, Iraq and People's Korea formed an "axis of evil." In an article titled "Axis of evil or axis of resistance," the paper wrote in 2002 that "the only common denominator among Iran, Iraq and North Korea is their resistance to US hegemony."[4] The Iranian newspaper Jomhuri-ye Eslami subsequently adopted the language in reference to the Shia insurgency in Iraq, writing in 2004 that "if the line of Iraq's Shi'is needs to be linked, united and consolidated, this unity should be realized on the axis of resistance and struggle against the occupiers."[5]
References
- ↑ "Iran: Syria part of 'axis of resistance'" (7 August 2012).
- ↑ Drums Of War: Israel And The "AXIS OF RESISTANCE" (2 August 2010). International Crisis Group.
- ↑ Hezbollah in Syria (April 2014). Institute for the Study of War.
- ↑ Collapse of US-Libyan Talks Highlighted by Revived Anti-US Rhetoric from Tripoli (February 12, 2002).
- ↑ BBC Monitoring quotes from Iranian press 18 May 04 (May 18, 2004).