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Syria President Assad Visits Iran for Meetings in Rare Trip
Source: Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday was in Tehran meeting Iranian leaders, Iranian state-linked media reported, marking his second trip to Tehran since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011.
Nour News, close to Iran’s security apparatus, said in the Sunday report that Assad met Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi earlier in the day. It said Assad later left Tehran for Damascus, Syria.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-05-08/syria-president-assad-visits-iran-for-meetings-in-rare-trip