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- Backgrounder
What Is Hezbollah?
![<p> Hezbollah militants parade through Beirut’s southern suburb.</p>]()
- Backgrounder
The Taliban in Afghanistan
![Members of Taliban sit on a military vehicle during Taliban military parade in Kabul]()
![<p>A man sells newspapers in a street, following an attack on the international airport in Niamey, Niger, on January 30, 2026.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare- Backgrounder
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
![<p>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel in Tehran, Iran, in September 2024.</p>]()
![<p>Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force stand guard during a drill near a bush in Minna, Niger state, Nigeria, on November 29, 2025. Vigilante groups have stepped in to fill security gaps as rural communities face rising attacks and abductions by armed gangs.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>People walk along a street between St. Joseph Catholic Church and Kano Road Central Mosque in Kaduna, Nigeria. </p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare- Backgrounder
What Is Hamas?
![Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades parade in Gaza]()
![<p>Trucks carry the wrapped bodies of people killed by suspected Boko Haram militants, during their funeral in Yobe, Nigeria, on September 3, 2024.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>A person walks though the Empty Sky 9/11 memorial on the twenty-third anniversary of the attacks, September 11, 2024.</p>]()
By Bruce Hoffman and Farah Pandith![<p>Indians in New Delhi wave flags in support of the Indian Armed Forces after the announcement of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan on May 13, 2025</p>]()
By Oscar Berry![<p>An armored vehicle of Nigerian Armed Forces drives by newly built homes ahead of a reopening ceremony for a community that was destroyed in 2015 by Boko Haram armed militants in Ngarannam, Borno state, Nigeria, on October 21, 2022.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare- By Kali Robinson
![<p>An aerial view of U.S. military vehicles assembled during a joint counterterrorism exercise with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria in 2021.</p>]()
By Henri J. Barkey- By Elliott Abrams
- By Elliott Abrams
- By Jonathan Masters
