Iranian axis exposed
Secret Letters Expose Hamas's Hidden Alliance with Assad Regime – Despite Public Denials
Exposed: Secret Hamas letters reveal deep alliance with Assad regime despite public denials. Before his death, Sinwar said, "Syria is essential safe haven for us."
Newly revealed internal Hamas documents, captured by Israeli military intelligence (AMAN), lay bare the terror group's covert cooperation with the brutal Assad regime in Syria, even as it publicly condemned Damascus for massacring its own citizens.
The letters and meeting protocols, exchanged between Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, and top Iranian Quds Force commander Saeed Izadi (killed in Israel's "Rising Lion" operation), show Hamas never truly broke ties with Assad and actively worked to restore them through Iran and Hezbollah mediation.
In a July 2022 letter to Haniyeh, Sinwar writes explicitly:
"We never actually decided to boycott the Syrian regime. The movement's leadership left Syria at the time out of necessity, and they treated us in the best possible way throughout."
Sinwar stresses Syria's strategic value: "Syria is an essential arena for us as a safe haven and space for building and deployment, and through it we can participate in the resistance plan of the Jerusalem Axis [Iranian-led alliance]."
A month later, senior Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian officials met to formalize the renewed relationship and devise ways to mute public criticism in the Arab world over partnering with Assad.
September 2022 correspondence shows Haniyeh thanking Nasrallah for arranging a meeting with Assad and requesting the release of Palestinian prisoners from Syrian jails, not as a condition, but to soften backlash against Hamas for the rapprochement.
An article by a sheikh close to Hamas leadership fiercely attacks Arab states criticizing the Assad normalization, warning that opposing the Iranian axis would lead to Hamas's collapse: "They expect Hamas to stand against Iran in Iraq, against Bashar al-Assad and his regime in Syria, against the Houthis… This is a strategic downfall that, if accepted, will end only with Hamas's collapse."
Israeli intelligence officials say the documents prove Hamas leaders feared Assad's fall would cripple the entire Iranian axis and worked quietly to keep Damascus as a vital rear base, all while publicly distancing themselves from the regime's atrocities against Syrian civilians.
The revelations come nearly a year after Assad's overthrow on December 8, 2024, an event Hamas repeatedly celebrated in official statements.