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Iran in post-Assad Middle East: Will Khamenei's 2024 gamble haunt him in 2025?

Shahram Kholdi
Shahram Kholdi

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People in Damascus during New Year's Eve in post-Assad Syria, December 31, 2024
People in Damascus during New Year's Eve in post-Assad Syria, December 31, 2024

The year 2024 will be remembered as a momentous one for the Middle East, culminating in the collapse of the Assad dynasty’s 53-year rule over Syria, and ushering in a future fraught with both possibility and peril.