(June 22, 2025 / JNS)
As the direct, state-on-state war between Israel and Iran—now joined by the United States—launched by Jerusalem to remove existential threats, transforms the strategic landscape of the Middle East, the new Sunni regime in Syria under the leadership of Ahmad al-Sharaa appears content to watch the battle while it quietly pursues its own interests.
Iran-backed militias have been trying to use Syria to smuggle more arms to Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is deeply isolated since the December 2024 fall of its ally, the Assad regime.
The new government in Damascus is reportedly taking significant steps to dismantle the Iranian arms corridor to Hezbollah in Lebanon, an enemy that the Sunni rebels who make up the new regime spent years fighting in Syria’s civil war.
Meanwhile, Israel on Saturday eliminated a top Iranian Quds Force commander who oversaw much of the previous arms smuggling to Hezbollah in Lebanon via Syria.
https://www.jns.org/syrias-new-regime-watches-the-iran-israel-war-from-the-sidelines/
As the direct, state-on-state war between Israel and Iran—now joined by the United States—launched by Jerusalem to remove existential threats, transforms the strategic landscape of the Middle East, the new Sunni regime in Syria under the leadership of Ahmad al-Sharaa appears content to watch the battle while it quietly pursues its own interests.
Iran-backed militias have been trying to use Syria to smuggle more arms to Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is deeply isolated since the December 2024 fall of its ally, the Assad regime.
The new government in Damascus is reportedly taking significant steps to dismantle the Iranian arms corridor to Hezbollah in Lebanon, an enemy that the Sunni rebels who make up the new regime spent years fighting in Syria’s civil war.
Meanwhile, Israel on Saturday eliminated a top Iranian Quds Force commander who oversaw much of the previous arms smuggling to Hezbollah in Lebanon via Syria.
https://www.jns.org/syrias-new-regime-watches-the-iran-israel-war-from-the-sidelines/
