Iran’s ‘unity of theatres’ strategy exposes US-Israel rift

The rapid escalation in hostilities between Iran and the US-Israel alliance since Sunday is being driven by Tehran’s growing confidence that it can arise like a mythical phoenix from the ashes of war, strategically stronger than ever in the Middle East.To achieve this objective, Tehran has enacted a tactical shift in its “unity of the theatres” strategy involving its Axis of Resistance allies in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq: Israeli and US attempts to decapitate one head of this hydra-like monster, Hezbollah, would incur the wrath of the other heads, Iran and the Houthis.So when Israel bombed a Hezbollah command centre in the crowded southern Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut on Sunday, Iran and the Houthis retaliated by carrying out limited, largely symbolic missile drone attacks against Israel.