With regime change in Syria and Hezbollah weakened, Iran's alliance system has nearly collapsed. That doesn't mean a peaceful Middle East is emerging. The post A Weakened Iran Doesn't Mean a More Peaceful Middle East appeared first on World Politics Review.

Iran's military power and influence has been badly weakened and clashes with Israel and the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria have left it reeling.

The Syrian shrine of Sayedah Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, raising questions about the future of the area — and of the axis.

The withdrawal marks the demise of a yearslong effort in which Tehran used Syria as a hub in its regional strategy to spread influence and wage proxy war against the U.S. and Israel.

Iran and its proxies and allies — from Syria to Lebanon to Gaza — have taken a beating in military engagements this year.

Israel blew up an Iran sponsored Syrian missile factory after its elite commandos raided it last September. The missiles posed an existential threat to Israel amid its war against Tehran's proxies.

A senior Hezbollah security official says leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room.

The Yemen-based rebels pose a lingering threat, and some security analysts argue that their patrons in Tehran should be in Israel’s crosshairs.

Israel's alleged plan to bomb Beirut airport has reportedly been exposed, with reports claiming PM Netanyahu was ready to strike if Tehran's funds reached Hezbollah. As per reports, an Iranian Mahan Air flight to Beirut carried millions in cash intended for the Iran-backed militant group.

Once a heavy hitter in the Middle East, Iran has been weakened by the decimation of its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas, along with US sanctions and the fall of Assad in Syria.