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Iran and Syria had a strategic alliance ever since the Iran–Iraq War, when Syria sided with non-Arab Iran against neighbouring Ba'ath-ruled Iraq. [3] The two countries shared a common animosity towards then- Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and coordination against the United States and Israel until the fall of the Assad regime after the 2024 ...
Iran and Syria, meanwhile, have had strong relations since the 1979 Iranian revolution. Iranian troops are also reported to have fought alongside Syrian government forces in 2015.
[17] [81] In 2014, Iran increased its deployment of IRGC in Syria. [40] Iran also proposed to open a new Syrian front against Israel in the Golan Heights, this coming a day after Egyptian President cut off diplomatic relations with Syria and demanded that Iran support for the pro Syrian-government Hezbollah end. [82]
See Iran–Syria relations. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 November 1946 when has been accredited Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Syria with residence in Beirut Mr. Zein-el-Abdine Rahnema. [41] Syria has an embassy in Tehran. Iran has an embassy in Damascus. Syria and Iran are strategic allies.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was the result of a plan by the United States and Israel. One of Syria's ...
DOHA (Reuters) -The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network of influence in the Middle East but Israel, the United ...
Iran’s proxy Hezbollah has been instrumental in assisting Assad regain territory lost to militias and rebel groups. Its fighters fought on behalf of Assad against Syria’s armed opposition ...
Syria is often called Iran's "closest ally", [60] the Arab nationalism ideology of Syria's ruling Baath party notwithstanding. During the Iran–Iraq War, Syria sided with non-Arab Iran against its enemy Iraq and was isolated by Saudi Arabia and some of the Arab countries, with the exceptions of Libya, Lebanon, Algeria, Sudan and Oman. [61]