{"id":8131,"date":"2025-05-01T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/?p=8131"},"modified":"2025-05-27T19:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:33:17","slug":"irans-defeat-in-syria-signals-new-middle-east-hierarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2025\/05\/01\/irans-defeat-in-syria-signals-new-middle-east-hierarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Defeat in Syria Signals New Middle East Hierarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2020\/11\/01\/erdogans-move-toward-an-islamic-caliphate\/eye-on-the-middle-east-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7281\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eye-on-the-middle-east-1-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa\u2019s decision to visit Saudi Arabia rather than Iran for his first official trip abroad represents a seismic shift in the Middle East\u2019s geopolitical balance of power.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\">Iran\u2019s Defeat in Syria Signals New Middle East Hierarchy<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/irans-defeat-in-syria-signals-new-middle-east-hierarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel My Glory<\/a> | May 1, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa\u2019s decision to visit Saudi Arabia rather than Iran for his first official trip abroad represents a seismic shift in the Middle East\u2019s geopolitical balance of power. Al-Sharaa\u2019s meetings in Riyadh signal that Damascus intends to replace Iran as its main regional ally and cultivate closer relations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states. This change constitutes a major strategic defeat for Iran, which for decades has relied on Syria as a land bridge to supply its Lebanese terrorist proxy Hezbollah to attack Israel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/israelmyglory.org\/article\/irans-defeat-in-syria-signals-new-middle-east-hierarchy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa\u2019s decision to visit Saudi Arabia rather than Iran for his first official trip abroad represents a seismic shift in the Middle East\u2019s geopolitical balance of power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,233],"tags":[128,5,65,14,259],"class_list":["post-8131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","category-middle-east","tag-european-jihadists-in-syria","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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