Senior political analyst Anees Naqqash, who has very close ties to Hezbollah and enjoys an authoritative status on various Lebanese, Syrian and Arab media outlets, was asked in a recent interview on Lebanese television: how can Iran & the 'Resistance Axis' be strategically allied to Russia while Moscow's officials repeatedly announce their commitment to Israel's security?br br The 'Resistance Axis' here broadly refers to a strategic anti-Israelanti-US imperialism alliance composed of, but not limited to, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, Yemen's Ansarullah, and various Palestinian armed factions.