{"id":214909,"date":"2026-03-19T01:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=214909"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T01:16:30","slug":"irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=214909","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Shi&#8217;ite allies step up strikes despite weakened hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Laila Bassam, Ahmed Rasheed, Pesha Magid and Tom PerryBEIRUT\/BAGHDAD\/JERUSALEM, March 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Shi&#8217;ite Muslim armed groups in Lebanon and Iraq are stepping up their role in the war with the U.S. and Israel, showing the Iran-backed &#8220;Axis of Resistance&#8221; can still wage attacks despite damage inflicted on the alliance during the Gaza conflict.Groups that have long been armed and financed by Iran and loyal to its Shi&#8217;ite Islamist rulers are now helping Tehran intensify the war around the region&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2026\/03\/irans-shiite-allies-step-strikes-despite-weakened-hand\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Laila Bassam, Ahmed Rasheed, Pesha Magid and Tom PerryBEIRUT\/BAGHDAD\/JERUSALEM, March 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Shi&#8217;ite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand.JPG",1200,628,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand-300x157.jpg",300,157,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand-768x402.jpg",640,335,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand-1024x536.jpg",640,335,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand.JPG",1200,628,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand.JPG",1200,628,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand-1024x536.jpg",1024,536,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/214909-irans-shiite-allies-step-up-strikes-despite-weakened-hand-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=14\" rel=\"category\">BREAKING NEWS<\/a>","tag_info":"BREAKING NEWS","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/214910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}