Israel’s attack on Damascus may unintentionally clear a path for its arch-foe Iran to regain influence in war-torn Syria, warns Thomas Juneau, a professor at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Relations.
The first American lawmaker to meet Syria’s new president told the Eye for Iran podcast that Washington must give the new rulers of Damascus a chance if it hopes to banish Iran from the country.
Armed groups linked to Iran may have played a role in rising tensions between Syria and Israel, Reuters reported on Wednesday, after Israel launched airstrikes in response to what it said were two projectiles fired from Syrian territory.
Iran’s multi-billion-dollar bid to rebuild postwar Syria and cement long-term influence has collapsed following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, according to documents obtained by Reuters from Tehran’s ransacked embassy in Damascus.
The United States urged Syria’s interim authorities to prevent Iran and its allied groups from exploiting the country’s territory, while Iran accused Washington of worsening Syrians' suffering through sanctions, during a UN Security Council meeting on Friday.
A new Iran-backed militant group, Uli al-Baas, has emerged in Syria, positioning itself against the United States and its regional allies, Newsweek reported on Tuesday.
Tehran has exchanged positive messages with Syria’s new government, an official revealed, but will make its final decision on its future role in the country “at the appropriate time.”
Syrian security forces arrested a former protocol officer at Deir ez-Zor airport in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border on charges of drug trafficking and antiquities smuggling, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday.
A former representative of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei revealed on Thursday that regional setbacks have stoked high-level criticism of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and the leader of its foreign operations Esmail Qaani.
Iran has more missiles than it can store, the Revolutionary Guards commander said, dismissing what he called enemy propaganda about the weakening of Iran's armed forces following consecutive attacks by Israel on Iran and its allies.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei defended Iran's involvement in Syria's civil war and his policy of power projection in the region, dismissing criticism of the country’s diminishing influence in the Middle East.
An Iranian website aligned with the Supreme National Security Council has published a report depicting Syria's new rulers as grappling with dissent and internal conflicts, after what amounted to a historic regional setback for Tehran.
The Arab League bloc of nations has called on Iran not to sow discord in Syria following the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, a long-time ally of Tehran.
Iran’s foreign minister has disclosed efforts to advise Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to engage in talks with Turkey, saying that Assad refused, insisting on Turkish withdrawal from Syrian territory first.
The world is witnessing a period of significant regional setbacks and retreats for the Islamic Republic. After two decades of massive financial expenditures and international isolation, Tehran’s strongholds and allies are crumbling one by one across the region.
Syria’s new foreign minister warned Iran not to destabilize the country's fragile calm after a call by Iran’s Supreme Leader for Syrian youth to rise up against the new Sunni Islamist rulers.