The fall of Bashar al-Assad is a major blow for Iran
After the routing by Israel of Hamas and Hizbullah, its two main proxies in the region, the fall of Mr Assad, its third, is a further sign of Iran’s waning influence. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, likes to say that his country is nearing its ghaleh, or zenith. But he must wonder whether it is already behind him.
The collapse of the Assad regime marks a pivotal moment in the Middle East, but most of all a moment of reckoning for Iran’s ...
For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse. Its decadeslong strategy of building an “Axis of Resistance” ...
By Vali Nasr, the Majid Khadduri professor of Middle East studies and international affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s ...
Rebels stormed Damascus and were victorious in ousting Bashar al-Assad this weekend. Much of the international community ...
The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network ...
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