Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) receives his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi (left) at the presidential palace in Damascus on May 3, 2023. (Credit: "AFP Photo/Iranian Presidency)
Visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi congratulated Syria's Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday for "achieving victory" in the country's 12-year-long civil war, in which Tehran has been a major ally.
"You have … achieved victory despite the threats and sanctions imposed on you," Raisi told Assad, according to a statement by the Syrian presidency and Iran's IRNA news agency, during the first visit by an Iranian president to Damascus since the war broke out.
Visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi congratulated Syria's Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday for "achieving victory" in the country's 12-year-long civil war, in which Tehran has been a major ally.
"You have … achieved victory despite the threats and sanctions imposed on you," Raisi told Assad, according to a statement by the Syrian presidency...