What is Iran’s center of protection?

.AMERICA SAYS THAT its own soldiers in Syria and also Iraq have been struck a minimum of 55 times considering that Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct 7th. Blaming Iran and also its own proxies all over the Middle East, it has been countering: on November 12th United States released its 3rd set of air strikes in far eastern Syria because overdue Oct. Iran’s proxies possess thus far stopped short of releasing assaults that could drag America into all-out war.

Yet their firepower postures a clear danger to United States and also its allies. What is this self-proclaimed center of resistance, as well as just how strong is it?