Tehran’s increasingly vulnerable position in the region has energized opposition activists and spurred hardliners to endorse the pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Syria's largest oil refinery, Baniyas, has reportedly halted its operations after losing crude shipments from Iran, its primary supplier. The Financial Times cited Syrian refinery's General Manager, Ibrahim Mousallem,

Iran has opened a direct line of communication with rebels in Syria's new leadership since its ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday, in an attempt to "prevent a hostile trajectory" between the countries.

For Iran’s theocratic government, it keeps getting worse. Its decadeslong strategy of building an “Axis of Resistance” supporting militant groups and proxies around the region is falling apart.

Not long ago, Tehran’s network of militias appeared ascendant. “The resistance front has had a really hard year,” Iran’s foreign minister acknowledged.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan both see an opportunity to advance their competing interests in post-Assad Syria.

One of Israel's goals in its campaign in the Gaza Strip has been to also weaken Iran. The fall of the Syrian dictator suggests the strategy is paying off. This could open up new options for the U.S.

Tehran's ties to Damascus had allowed Iran to spread its influence ... Iran spent billions of dollars propping up Assad during the war and deployed its Revolutionary Guards to Syria to keep its ally in power. Hezbollah also played a major part, sending ...

The Israeli occupation's ongoing war on Gaza, now entering its 443rd day, has killed at least 33 civilians, including women and children, since the early hours of Sunday.

Iran's supreme leader says young Syrians will resist the new government emerging after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad as he again accused the United States and Israel of sowing chaos in the country.

“The Islamic Republic does not have a proxy force. Yemen fights because it has faith. Hezbollah fights because the power of faith draws it into the field. Hamas and (the Islamic) Jihad fight because their beliefs compel them to do so. They do not act as our proxy,” supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a group of visitors in Tehran.