Fighters from Hezbollah and Iraq’s Shiite militias have deployed to Syria to support government forces, but it’s unclear if they are capable of turning the tide.

Even as Israel bombarded Syria, officials say the U.S. and Gulf countries were working to weaken its president’s alliance with Tehran. Rebels’ shock advance has dampened those hopes.

The Syrian army has upped its airstrikes on Monday against the rebel forces that took Aleppo, with Iran-backed Iraqi militias crossing the border to aid President Bashar al-Assad’s government, according to local reports.

Prosecutors in Iran have agreed to allow Narges Mohammadi, the jailed activist and Nobel laureate, to leave prison for 21 days to recover from surgery, her foundation said on Wednesday.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been temporarily released from prison in Iran. Her release on Wednesday for three weeks comes after she underwent a complex surgery that saw part of a bone in her right leg removed over cancer fears.

The apparent hackers targeted Kash Patel's communications, but whether they succeeded and how much access they had to the data is still being investigated, the sources said.

Kash Patel's communications were the target, but the impact of the alleged attack was not yet clear, US media report.

Iranian hackers accessed some of Patel's communications, CNN reported, citing two sources familiar with the matter.

The US sanctioned 35 entities and vessels Tuesday that it said play a critical role in the shadow fleet transporting illicit Iranian oil to foreign markets.