The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it had carried out about 480 strikes across Syria, hitting most of Syria’s strategic weapon stockpiles. A key player in Iran’s deterrence against foreign attacks on its own soil, the fall of Assad’s regime in Syria now creates uncertainty in the power dynamics in the Middle East.
Brandon Weichert, geopolitical analyst and author of “The Shadow War: Iran’s Quest for Supremacy,” told NTD that Syria’s fall will force Iran to focus on developing its nuclear weapons.