Lebanon
Key Connections
- Hezbollah — state-embedded political-military actor
- Iran — principal external patron via IRGC Quds Force
- Israel — two full wars (1982, 2006); 2024 ground operation north of Litani
- Dahiya Doctrine — doctrine named for 2006 Beirut strikes
- Israel Defense Forces — primary conventional adversary
- Gaza War — trigger for 2024 Hezbollah “support front”
- Axis of Resistance — western front geographic cornerstone
- Syria — northern/eastern border; historical transit corridor
- Proxy Warfare — canonical Levant proxy theatre