"The Assad regime, a key link in Iran's axis of evil, has fallen. This is a direct result of the blows we have dealt to Iran and Hezbollah, the main supporters of the Assad regime. It has triggered a chain reaction across the Middle East among all those who seek to break free from this oppressive and tyrannical regime," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a visit near Israel's border with Syria.
The toppling of former president Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria is a "historic day in the history of the Middle East," he added.