Iran’s presence in Syria: security chief explains the ... - Tehran Times
16 hours ago · Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed earlier this month after an insurgency in the country’s northwestern Aleppo province quickly spread across the nation in the face of the Syrian army’s lack of resistance. Assad's Syria was a close Iranian ally, maintaining a strongly anti-Israel stance.
In Syria, what’s left of Iran’s axis is rubble and resentment ...
1 day ago · At the abandoned Iranian Embassy in Damascus, Syria, Iran’s fall from powerhouse to powerless is most evident. For years, the embassy, ringed with concrete blocks, fences, and an array of ...
Iranian establishment split on Syria as fall of Assad leaves Tehran ...
4 days ago · An Iranian establishment source told Middle East Eye that Tehran did not expect the Syrian army to fold so quickly. But when Hezbollah fighters left Syria to battle Israel in Lebanon, their 15 or ...
Iran’s self-delusion: Tehran scrambles to fix Syria ties after Assad's ...
3 days ago · Iran is still grappling with the fallout from Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapse in Syria. It invested heavily in Assad’s rule in Damascus and likely expected it to continue for many years ...
Analysis: Collapse of Syria a blow to Iran's proxy force | AP News
Dec 8, 2024 · Syria was an important geographical link that allowed Iran to move weapons and other supplies to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Its loss now further weakens Hezbollah, whose powerful arsenal in southern Lebanon had put Iranian influence directly on the border of its nemesis Israel.
Syria’s collapse and Israeli attacks leave Iran exposed
4 days ago · Even before Assad was toppled, Israel was in the midst of an extensive covert aerial campaign against Iranian assets in Syria, carrying out more than 100 airstrikes on Syrian territory since ...
With Assad’s Fall, Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Unravels
Dec 8, 2024 · Tehran’s main regional allies are weakened or collapsing: Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, has fled his country, Hezbollah is battered by conflict with Israel, and Hamas is still at war.
Syria Civil War: What to Know About the Fall of Bashar al-Assad
Dec 7, 2024 · Syria’s president fled to Russia, according to Russian state media outlets and two Iranian officials. Moscow will not disclose Mr. al-Assad’s location in Russia, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri ...
As Assad’s Regime in Syria Needs Help, Iran Exits - The New York …
Dec 7, 2024 · Initially, the Iranian government was shocked at how quickly the rebels in Syria gained ground and the Syrian Army abandoned its bases, according to three Iranian officials, two of them members of ...
Where does Iran stand on Syria’s fast-moving conflict?
Dec 7, 2024 · Tehran has emphasised the idea that the rebels are foreign-supported in an apparent effort to prevent this offensive from being seen as a mere continuation of the civil war in Syria – which had ...