{"id":327261,"date":"2025-01-02T16:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=327261"},"modified":"2025-01-02T16:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:07:18","slug":"irans-strategic-collapse-evident-in-syrias-fall-reports-russian-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/irans-strategic-collapse-evident-in-syrias-fall-reports-russian-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Strategic Collapse Evident in Syria\u2019s Fall,\u201d Reports Russian Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_327262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327262\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-327262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Russia-Vedomosti-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Russia-Vedomosti-article.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Russia-Vedomosti-article-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Russia-Vedomosti-article-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Russia-Vedomosti-article-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Russia-Vedomosti-article-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Russia-Vedomosti-article-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover of the Russian Vedomosti article on the Iranian regime&#8217;s humiliating retreat from Syria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIran-backed forces numbering 30,000 detonated their positions and fled without a fight against just 350 opposition fighters,\u201d Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during his annual press conference on December 19, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vedomosti.ru\/politics\/articles\/2024\/12\/20\/1082627-putin-rasskazal-o-sudbe-rossiiskih-baz-v-sirii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported by <em>Vedomosti<\/em><\/a> on December 20, 2024. The Russian president\u2019s disclosure sheds light on the dramatic collapse of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government in Syria, an event that has exposed the vulnerabilities of Iran\u2019s regional strategy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to <em>Vedomosti<\/em>, Putin described the fall of Aleppo as the turning point in Syria\u2019s civil conflict, where opposition forces advanced swiftly, encountering little resistance from government troops and their Iranian-backed allies. \u201cThis was the pattern across Syria,\u201d Putin added, emphasizing the disorganized retreat of pro-Assad forces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The defeat triggered a large-scale evacuation coordinated by Russia, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/putins-disclosure-on-evacuating-irgc-personnel-exposes-iranian-regimes-humiliating-retreat-from-syria\/\">moved 4,000 pro-Iranian militia<\/a> fighters from Syria to Tehran after the collapse of Damascus. The Russian outlet highlighted that this retreat marks a significant blow to Tehran\u2019s ambitions in the region. \u201cIn Assad, Moscow and Tehran lost a key strategic ally,\u201d noted Vladimir Sazhin, a senior researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies, in <em>Vedomosti<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Putin\u2019s Disclosure on Evacuating <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a> Personnel Exposes Iranian Regime\u2019s Humiliating Retreat from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Syria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Syria<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mNIW0GmtXI\">https:\/\/t.co\/mNIW0GmtXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1870446015817654471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Domestically, the Iranian clerical regime faces escalating challenges as public discontent grows over economic mismanagement and political stagnation. <em>Vedomosti<\/em> reported that the regime\u2019s external failures are amplifying domestic unrest, creating a dual-front crisis that exposes the fragility of Iran\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The revelations from <em>Vedomosti<\/em> highlight the multifaceted weaknesses of the Iranian regime. From the rapid fall of Assad\u2019s government to the retreat of Iran-backed forces, Tehran\u2019s capacity to project power in the region appears significantly diminished. The regime\u2019s Supreme Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/khameneis-speech-reflects-iranian-regimes-morale-crisis-after-strategic-loss-in-syria\/\">Ali Khamenei has struggled<\/a> to construct new narratives portraying strength, attempting to prevent his already low-morale followers from recognizing the systemic vulnerabilities within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). However, even some of his allies are now openly exposing his failures, further undermining the regime\u2019s narratives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;Iran-backed forces numbering 30,000 detonated their positions and fled without a fight against just 350 opposition fighters,&rdquo; Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during his annual press conference on December 19, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":327262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[287],"class_list":["post-327261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","tag-iran-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran\u2019s Strategic Collapse Evident in Syria\u2019s Fall,\u201d Reports Russian Media - 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