Al-Assad said while receiving the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghji In Damascus, “the Iranian response to the repeated violations and attacks carried out by the Israeli entity against the peoples of the region and the sovereignty of its countries was a strong response, and it taught a lesson that the axis of resistance is capable of deterring the enemy and will remain strong and steadfast.”
And he met IraqiOn Saturday, in Damascus, Al-Assad and his Syrian counterpart, Bassam Sabbagh.
Shortly after his arrival in the Syrian capital, he stressed the importance of reaching a simultaneous ceasefire in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.
Araqchi told reporters, “The most important issue today is the ceasefire, especially in Lebanon and in… GazaHe added, “There are initiatives in this regard, and there have been consultations that we hope will be successful.”
This is Araghchi’s first visit to Damascus since he took office, and comes in the context of a major escalation between Iran and the groups it supports on the one hand, and Israel on the other.
In the past few months, Syrian analysts hosted by local media spoke of a “difference in views” between… Iran And Syria on several issues, most notably Tehran’s limited support for Damascus in the economic aspect and the energy and fuel sector, in the midst of a chronic economic crisis that the country is witnessing.
The difference in views also affects, according to analysts, Iran’s military presence, after reports that it reduced its forces under the weight of the Israeli raids that targeted its positions and Iranian leaders since the start of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in Gaza.
The most prominent strikes attributed to Israel were the targeting of a building attached to the Iranian embassy in Damascus In April, seven members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed.
Since the start of the conflict in Syria, Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes against positions of Syrian government forces, Iranian targets, and others of its ally Hezbollah.
It rarely confirms that it will carry out strikes, but it repeats that it will confront what it describes as Iran’s attempts to establish its military presence in the country. Syria.
