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.

The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad has led to a face-off between Turkey and Israel in Syria, where both countries have deployed forces. Relations between Turkey and the Jewish state were already strained over the Gaza war,

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Dozens of Hamas leaders and members were killed by the regime of ousted Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported, citing sources close to the movement. The sources told the London-based newspaper that 94 Hamas members were executed in Syrian prisons without trial, as reported by Middle East Monitor.

Israeli army seized demilitarized zone in occupied Golan Heights after Assad’s fall last month - Anadolu Ajansı

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday issued what he called a final warning to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same "miserable fate" as Hamas,

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations has issued what he called a final warning to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt their missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same "miserable fate" as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria's Bashar al-Assad if they persisted.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday called for the withdrawal of Israel from Syrian territory following the fall of long-time Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad.

Israel bombed Syrian army positions south of Aleppo on Thursday, the latest such strikes since the overthrow of longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor and local residents said.

Iran’s security chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian has indicated that a new resistance group is set to emerge in Syria to counter Israel, following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to Iranian state media.

Assad's regime in Syria has created significant instability in the Middle East, particularly affecting Kurdish forces and Turkey. The Nagel Commission’s latest report warns that Turkey, rather than Iran,

During the early 2000s, President Erdoğan sought to involve Türkiye in the Second Gulf War, but the parliament intervened to block this move. Since then, Türkiye’s strength and influence have grown alongside Erdoğan’s leadership.

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria is destabilizing the order of things, particularly for the region's military militias. Kurdish forces are irritating Turkey in an already volatile region. A new war is not impossible.