Strategic Alliance Between Iran and Syria

Published: August 14, 2007, 3:14 pm

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The Strategic Alliance Between Iran and Syria Military and Economic Aspects By: Y. Mansharof and O. Winter The cooperation between Iran and Syria has recently broadened in a variety of areas, including the military, security, economic and scientific spheres.Close relations between the two countries are evident, inter alia, in numerous reciprocal visits by their leaders and in statements made during these visits. Thus, for example, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khameneideclared, during Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's February 2007 visit to Tehran, that Iran and Syriaconstitute a strategic depth for one another. [1] Strategic cooperation between the two countries was also expressed in statements by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,at a meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji Al-Utri during his March 2007 visit to the country, when he said, "Iran and Syria have common enemies, [a circumstance] which requires perfect coordination vis- -vis enemy plans, attainable

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