Critical visit to Damascus after 13 years

Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi went to the capital Damascus to meet Syrian President Bashar Assad during his first official visit from Tehran to Damascus at the leader’s level.

The two-day contacts in Damascus by the chief, who landed in Damascus with a high-level delegation including Iran’s foreign, economy and oil ministers, were interpreted as a “regional victory for Tehran” in the press. Iranian. During the talks, it was stated that the economic relations between the two countries will be discussed as a priority.

Mohammad Jamshidi, an aide to the Iranian leader, said the critical visit coincided with a period when Syria returned to the Arab world and regional events revealed the collapse of US Middle East policies.

Syrian leader Assad, with military and financial support from Iran and Russia, turned the tide of the war in his favor and returned to administering most of Syrian land. Iran intends to play an important role in the Syrian reconstruction process.

The rapprochement between Syria and Iran and several countries, mainly Saudi Arabia, has been closely monitored in the region recently.