Syria is expected to join the Iranian-led “resistance front” soon, a member of the Expediency Council said on Wednesday, despite the ousting of key Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad.

Iran and Russia signed a 20-year strategic partnership treaty. It outlines significant economic and military cooperation.

Behrouz Esbati said he partially blamed Russia for the fall of Assad's government, in a rare break from Iran's official line on Syria.

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Behrouz Esbati says now-ousted Syrian leader refused multiple requests to let Iran-backed militias attack from country after October 7; acknowledges regime’s fall a ‘very big blow’ The post Iranian general says Assad blocked Tehran’s effort to open Syrian front against Israel appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday he did not see Donald Trump's new administration increasing the risk of an Israel-Iran conflict, addressing an issue the region has feared since the start of Israel's war in Gaza.

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Iranians and Israelis have been banned from flying to Syria, which is under new leadership since last month's overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, an airport source said.International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on January 7,

Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined product shortages, this time Iran is undergoing an energy meltdown, with parallel sho

Iran ‘s top general in Syria acknowledged they were “defeated very badly” with the collapse of the Assad regime, which represented a candid assessment divergent from other messages out of Tehran since the fall of the government.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Wednesday headed to Tehran to meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks on bilateral issues and regional developments, particularly the situation in Syria a month after an Islamist-led takeover.

For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a remarkably candid view of the blow to Iran, and its military’s prospects.