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Today — 9 January 2025Main stream

Top Iranian General Admits ‘Big’ Defeat in Syria

9 January 2025 at 04:18
For weeks, Iranian officials have downplayed the fall of their ally in Syria. But an important general has offered a remarkably candid view of the blow to Iran, and its military’s prospects.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

A pro-Hezbollah billboard near a taxi station in Valiasr square in Tehran. Brig. Gen. Behrouz Esabi gave a speech about Syria in the city on Dec. 31.
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