Syria's Assad meets Iran's Supreme Leader in Tehran

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Tehran, Iran - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has held meetings with Iran's supreme leader and the country's president during a surprise visit to Tehran, a key military backer of the Syrian regime.
53% : Iran along with Russian military support turned the war in Assad's favour.
52% : Assad also said some believe Iran supplies its so-called "axis of resistance" across the region with weapons, but its most important backing consists of supporting the "spirit of resistance" and maintaining it.
50% : Its readout of the rare sit-down quoted Khamenei as telling Assad that his "victory in an international war" has increased the credibility of Syria, and that Iran wishes to boost bilateral ties.
49% : This is the Syrian president's second trip to Tehran since the start of Syria's war in 2011.
46% : He added that "strategic" ties between Iran and Syria have become the main factor preventing Israel's dominance over the region.
34% : During Sunday's meeting, the Iranian supreme leader also remembered Soleimani and said his efforts in Syria were no different than those during the eight-year Iran-Iraq War ending in 1988, which Iran considers a period of "holy defence".
20% : Soleimani was assassinated by a United States drone attack in Iraq in January 2020 under former President Donald Trump.

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