Iran's Khamenei says 'resistance' not over after Assad ouster
Since Assad's fall, Iran has sought to distance itself from the ousted leader.
Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that Israel and the United States were "completely wrong" to imagine the Tehran-backed axis ofresistancehad collapsed with theousterof Syria's longtime strongman.
"With the developments in Syria and the crimes the Zionist regime is committing and the crimes that America is committing, and the help that some others are giving to them, they thought that theresistancewasover," Ayatollah AliKhameneisaid in a televised speech.
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"They are completelywrong," he added.
On December 8, Syrian President Bashar al-Assadfled the country as rebel forces entered the capital Damascusaftera lightning offensive.
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Fellow Axis members Hamas and Hezbollah have also suffered heavy losses since the Palestinian militant group attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, sparking war in Gaza and later in Lebanon.
SinceAssad's fall,Iranhas sought to distance itself from the ousted leader, instead emphasising the history of friendship between the two countries.Khameneihas also insisted thatAssad's overthrow will not weakenIran.
"The Zionist regime imagines it can encircle and eradicate the Hezbollah forces through Syria, but the one who will be eradicated is Israel,"Khameneisaid on Tuesday.
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