Syria on way back to Arab fold as isolation crumbles
They look like unlikely allies, but on Wednesday the moustachioed, secular Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is warmly welcoming the bearded, turban-wearing Islamist cleric-cum-President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, to Damascus./ It is the first such visit by an Iranian leader since 2010, before the Arab Spring uprisings./ Since then, Tehran has proved the staunchest of allies, helping - along with Moscow - to save the Assad regime during a particularly bloody civil war./ The trip comes amid dramatic shifts in the region. These have also seen the ...
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