ring of fireplace” of militant teams to threaten Israel. The 2 most potent components in that “ring” – the armies of Hamas and Hezbollah – are actually shadows of what they had been earlier than the Hamas assaults of October 7, 2023, and the Israeli wars in opposition to each teams that adopted.
That altered panorama has analysts and policymakers targeted more and more on the one component of Iranian energy that has truly been strengthened – its nuclear program – and it has left the U.S. going through profound questions by way of its coverage in the direction of Iran.