Syria's Assad meets Iran's supreme leader, president

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Iran is a close ally of Syria and has given military and financial support to the Damascus regime during Syria's 11-year civil war - -Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi during a brief visit to Tehran on Sunday, Iranian state television said.
50% :"Assad has left Iran for Damascus after meeting separately with the supreme leader" and the president, the report said.
48% : Tehran has given financial and military support to the Assad regime during the 11-year war, and says it has deployed forces in Syria at the invitation of Damascus but only as advisers.
48% :Assad's last reported visit to Iran was in February 2019 -- and that was the first one since the start of the war.
46% :Iran is a major ally of Assad, backing him alongside Russia in Syria's more than decade long civil war.
46% : The relationship between Tehran and Damascus are "vital for both countries and we should not let it weaken," Khamenei said, according to a statement on his website.

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