The strength of Tehran-backed armed groups is dwindling. Hezbollah has retreated after Israeli strikes, and the deaths of figures like Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh are further weakening the network. "These groups are already doing everything they can ," warns Edmund Fitton-Brown, an advisor to the Counter Extremism Project. The Houthis , meanwhile, are surrounded, and Iraqi militias could act without coordination with Iran.