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. "Assad has left Iran for Damascus after meeting separately with the supreme leader" and the president, the report said.
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. "We should strengthen it as much as possible."
Assad's last reported visit to Iran was in February 2019 -- and that was the first one since the start of the war. - AFP
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