Iran Vows Support For Assad's Regime
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad won a pledge of support from regional ally Iran as his forces tried to choke off rebels in the northern city of Aleppo. After suffering the gravest setbacks so far in the 17-month-old uprising, culminating in the defection of his prime minister Riyad Hijab on Monday, President Assad was shown on television meeting a senior Iranian official. It was the first footage broadcast of the 46-year-old leader for two weeks, and came a day after Syria's new caretaker prime minister was televised chairing a hastily ...
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