Analysis: Collapse of Syria’s Assad is a blow to Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’

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.

By Jon Gambrell
December 17, 2024
AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed
Jon Gambrell

Jon Gambrell is Gulf and Iran news director for The Associated Press in Dubai

 
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