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20 Dec 2011

Without Syria, Iran is headless in Iraq

For Tehran's ambitions to see the light, Al Maliki needs to be given Arab legitimacy through Damascus -- A few years back, Iran formulated a scenario for "the day after" Hezbollah leaves the scene in Lebanon, either if a new civil war breaks out or if the Syrians signed a peace treaty with Israel. Iran wanted to make sure that a Plan B was ready, automatically switching to a military group that would do the job Hezbollah had been doing, in terms of promoting and defending Iranian influence in the Arab world while "protecting" Arab Shiites.
For Tehran's ambitions to see the light, Al Maliki needs to be given Arab legitimacy through Damascus -- A few years...
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30 Oct 2011

Why Syria and Iran are becoming Turkey’s enemies, again

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will dominate the news in the coming days. The PKK, a group known for its violent attacks against Turkey, is fast becoming part of the new trilateral power game between Turkey, Iran and Syria as Bashar al Assad crackdowns on demonstrators in his country.
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) will dominate the news in the coming days. The PKK, a group known for its violent...
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22 Oct 2011

Syria crisis: Iran’s Ahmadinejad criticises killings

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticised the killings in its ally Syria sparked by the government's violent crackdown on dissent. In his most outspoken comments yet, Mr Ahmadinejad told CNN: "Nobody has the right to kill others, neither the government nor its opponents."
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticised the killings in its ally Syria sparked by the government's violent...
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11 Sep 2011

Playing with Khamenei in Syria’s Field

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s live interview on August 24th with al-Minar Television - the official mouthpiece of Lebanese Hezbollah - in which he discussed events in Syria resulted in much speculations. A behind-the-scenes source knowledgeable with the interview spoke to Rooz about the event.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s live interview on August 24th with al-Minar Television - the official mouthpiece of Lebanese...
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9 Sep 2011

Iran’s President, Ahmadinejad, Calls for End to Syrian Crackdown

For years, posters celebrating the decades-old alliance joining Syria and Iran festooned the streets and automobiles of the Syrian capital the images of Presidents Bashar al-Assad and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad embroidered with roses and daffodils.
For years, posters celebrating the decades-old alliance joining Syria and Iran festooned the streets and automobiles of...
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9 Sep 2011

Deciphering Iran’s Newly Strained Relations With Syria

Iran's support for Syria, a longtime ally, has manifested itself in many ways during the Arab Spring. The Iranian regime has reportedly provided Syrian officials with military, financial, and technical assistance to quash protests, while Iran's state-run media has adopted the Syrian's government narrative that Syrian security forces are battling "armed terrorist groups" and foreign conspirators, not peaceful protesters (some have even suggested that Iran is orchestrating Syria's response to its uprising behind the scenes).
Iran's support for Syria, a longtime ally, has manifested itself in many ways during the Arab Spring. The Iranian regime...
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29 Aug 2011

Nasrallah: Syria’s Assistance Enabled Iran to Assist Hizbullah, Palestinians

In a speech on the occasion of Al-Quds Day (August 26), Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said that, if it were not for the Syria regime, Iran may not have been able to give Lebanon and Palestine assistance,
In a speech on the occasion of Al-Quds Day (August 26), Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said that, if it...
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27 Aug 2011

Iran Tells Syria to Bow to ‘Legitimate’ Public Demands

Iran, Syria s closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people s "legitimate" demands on Saturday, in the first such remarks to come from the Persian country since the five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad started.
Iran, Syria s closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people s "legitimate" demands on...
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27 Aug 2011

Iran warns of regional crisis if Syria falls

Syria's powerful ally Iran warned Saturday that a power vacuum in Damascus could spark an unprecedented regional crisis, as thousands of protesters insisted they will defy tanks and bullets until President Bashar Assad is toppled.
Syria's powerful ally Iran warned Saturday that a power vacuum in Damascus could spark an unprecedented regional crisis,...
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25 Aug 2011

Ahmadinejad calls for Syrian dialogue

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the main ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, called Wednesday for dialogue between Damascus and the opposition to end months of violence. "The people and government of Syria must come together to reach an understanding," he told Lebanese Al-Manar television, the station run by the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah movement
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the main ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, called Wednesday for dialogue...
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15 Aug 2011

Iran condemning Syrian revolution in Egypt

Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman for the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security of the Islamic Consultative Assembly was not even ashamed when speaking explicitly in the Egyptian capital of his support for the Syrian regime. He is the first guest of the Iranian regime to visit Egypt after the revolution.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman for the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security of the Islamic Consultative...
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12 Aug 2011

Iran agrees to fund Syrian military base

Iran has agreed to fund a new multi-million-dollar military base on the Syrian coast to make it easier to ship weapons and other military hardware between the two countries, according to Western intelligence reports.
Iran has agreed to fund a new multi-million-dollar military base on the Syrian coast to make it easier to ship weapons...
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9 Aug 2011

Iran helps Assad fight for survival

The Turkish government says it has intercepted an arms shipment from Iran headed for Tehran's key ally Syria, where the regime is battling to crush a 5-month-old uprising in which an estimated 1,700 protesters have been killed.
The Turkish government says it has intercepted an arms shipment from Iran headed for Tehran's key ally Syria, where the...
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6 Aug 2011

Iranian military and Lebanese Hezbollah members participated in execution of Syrian soldiers

In a report scheduled to be released at the end of the month, Experts from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights have announced that Iranian military and Lebanese Hezbollah members participated in execution of Syrian soldiers who refrain from shooting towards the protesters, Al Jazeera TV reported on August 5.
In a report scheduled to be released at the end of the month, Experts from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...
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6 Aug 2011

Green Movement Council warns Iran regime, sides with Syrian protesters

The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope, the Green Movement s highest decision making body, has issued a statement in solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Syria, while calling on Iranian authorities to cease their support for the Assad regime s deadly suppression of dissenters.
The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope, the Green Movement s highest decision making body, has issued a...
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15 Jul 2011

Iran ready to aid Syria financially, Reuters reports

French newspaper Les Echos said Friday that Iran is ready to offer $5.8 billion to Syria in aid, Reuters reported. The French daily cited a report in the Iranian Center for Strategic Research, which is a group with close ties to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the news agency added.
French newspaper Les Echos said Friday that Iran is ready to offer $5.8 billion to Syria in aid, Reuters reported. The...
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31 May 2011

Iran sees threat to its clout amid Arab Spring

As Arab uprisings sweep the Middle East, few images will likely unsettle Iran's leadership more than that of their flag being burned by Syrian protesters angry with the Islamic Republic's deep ties with Syria's dynastic regime
As Arab uprisings sweep the Middle East, few images will likely unsettle Iran's leadership more than that of their flag...
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28 May 2011

Iran reportedly aiding Syrian crackdown

U.S. officials say Iran is dispatching increasing numbers of trainers and advisers - including members of its elite Quds Force - into Syria to help crush anti-government demonstrations that are threatening to topple Iran's most important ally in the region.
U.S. officials say Iran is dispatching increasing numbers of trainers and advisers - including members of its elite Quds...
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27 May 2011

Iran’s Syria Strategy: Heavy Meddle

A top commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Chizari was hit with sanctions last week by the Obama administration. Given his nationality, one might assume that he was sanctioned in relation to the Iranian regime's nuclear pursuits or its crackdown on dissidents. In fact, Chizari, the Quds Force Chief Qasem Soleimani, and the organization itself were targeted for abetting oppression somewhere else: Syria.
A top commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Chizari was hit with sanctions last week...
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24 May 2011

The Impact of SyriaÂ’s Unrest on Iran The Iran Primer

For Iran, the ouster of President Bashar Assad in Syria would arguably be the most significant setback since the end of its eight-year war with Iraq in 1988 and possibly even since its 1979 revolution. Regime change would be a major blow for both Iran s ideological and foreign policy goals.
For Iran, the ouster of President Bashar Assad in Syria would arguably be the most significant setback since the end of...
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13 May 2011

Tehran to the rescue

Evidence is beginning to emerge of an active Iranian role in aiding the Syrian crackdown on protests. Opposition reports suggesting an Iranian presence in parts of Syria, and Tehran s providing equipment and training to help suppress the demonstrations, have been in circulation since March.
Evidence is beginning to emerge of an active Iranian role in aiding the Syrian crackdown on protests. Opposition reports...
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11 May 2011

Missing Al Jazeera reporter deported to Iran

Missing Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz has been deported from Syria to Iran, the network has learned. Parvaz, who holds Iranian, American and Canadian citizenship, has been missing since she arrived at Damascus airport on April 29 to cover protests in Syria.
Missing Al Jazeera journalist Dorothy Parvaz has been deported from Syria to Iran, the network has learned. Parvaz, who...
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11 May 2011

Some see Iran’s hand at work in Syria’s protest crackdown

Syrian security forces appear to be shifting their strategy for crushing the popular uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad to a less bloody approach similar to that used effectively by its main ally, Iran, to end massive 2009 street protests.
Syrian security forces appear to be shifting their strategy for crushing the popular uprising against the rule of...
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8 May 2011

Iran’s Leader Orders Murder of Protesters in Syria

An official source within the Sadr movement, the Iraqi Islamist national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr, is insisting that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran has declared the protesters in Syria to be God's enemies, ordering the Revolutionary Guards and Lebanese Hezbollah to fiercely combat the protesters in Syria and enter into an armed battle with them.
An official source within the Sadr movement, the Iraqi Islamist national movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr, is insisting...
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3 May 2011

Missing journalist: Iran asks Syria to probe

Iran's foreign minister wants the Syrian government to look into the case of an Al Jazeera English journalist who has been missing in Syria since Friday afternoon. Dorothy Parvaz left the Qatari capital, Doha, for Syria to cover events in the country. However, there has been no contact with the 39-year-old since she disembarked from a Qatar Airways flight in Damascus.
Iran's foreign minister wants the Syrian government to look into the case of an Al Jazeera English journalist who has...
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1 May 2011

Hizbullah and Iran Help Syria Kill Protesters

Hizbullah and Iran are helping Assad kill protesters, a Foreign Ministry source says, adding that Iran fears its 'investment' in Syria will go down the drain. One Israeli official said he believed Syria had "reached a point of no return, The London Telegraph reported.
Hizbullah and Iran are helping Assad kill protesters, a Foreign Ministry source says, adding that Iran fears its...
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27 Apr 2011

Tehran squirms as crackdown by ally Syria creates global uproar

Iranian officials and state-run media for as long as they could have turned a blind eye to the weeks-long unrest in Syria. But as the turbulence in Syria and international outrage over the hundreds killed gain momentum, many Iranian diplomats, pundits and academics can evade the question no longer.
Iranian officials and state-run media for as long as they could have turned a blind eye to the weeks-long unrest in...
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18 Apr 2011

Tehran supports the Arab spring … but not in Syria

The wave of uprisings sweeping across the Middle East has prompted Iran to voice support for anti-dictatorship movements in the Arab region except in Syria, an allied country where the Islamic republic has found itself in a very peculiar situation.
The wave of uprisings sweeping across the Middle East has prompted Iran to voice support for anti-dictatorship movements...
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16 Apr 2011

Iran helping Syria protests

A report by CNN says Iran is helping Syria crackdown on protesters. They are using the same techniques of photographing protesters to crackdown on protesters
A report by CNN says Iran is helping Syria crackdown on protesters. They are using the same techniques of photographing...
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30 Mar 2011

The View From Iran Of Syria’s Protests

"Limited" protests have taken place in a few cities in Syria, while reports indicate that Israel has incited Syrians to take to the streets by sending them text messages and also by using the Internet. That's according to a short report by Iran's official news agency, IRNA, which fails to mention the deaths in Syria or the chants for freedom and against corruption.
"Limited" protests have taken place in a few cities in Syria, while reports indicate that Israel has incited Syrians to...
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17 Feb 2011

Iran warships’ plan to use Suez Canal ‘cancelled’

Plans by two Iranian warships to pass through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean have been cancelled, says an Egyptian official. The unnamed official was reported as saying the plans had been withdrawn, without giving a reason.
Plans by two Iranian warships to pass through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean have been cancelled, says an...
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