Senior US officials arrived in Damascus on Friday for the first diplomatic mission to the Syrian capital since the fall of former president Bashar Al-Assad’s government earlier this month. The US delegation, led by Barbara Leaf, the senior State Department official for the Middle East, is expected to meet with ...
The Iranian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s policy of respecting Syria’s unity, territorial integrity and national sovereignty, stressing that only Syrians can decide the future of their country. In a statement released on Sunday following the recent developments in Syria, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said it is Iran’s principled ...