For the first time since war broke out
in Syria in 2011, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has travelled to Iran
to meet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President
Hassan Rouhani.
President Assad had only travelled outside of Syria on two other occasions during the war – both times to Russia.
The significance of the trip cannot be
understated – it was a message sent to those who orchestrated the proxy
war against Syria that Damascus has prevailed and instead of driving a
wedge between it and its allies in Moscow and Tehran – it has only drawn
these regional powers closer together.
The symbol of solidarity between Syria
and Iran comes at a time when Washington finds itself vacillating
between a full withdrawal from Syria, a redeployment to Iraq, or an
attempt to drag out the conclusion of the Syrian conflict for as long as
possible by keeping US forces there indefinitely.
The Washington Post in its article, “Syria’s Assad visits Iran in rare trip abroad,” would admit:
U.S. officials said Trump’s decision authorizing a small number of U.S. troops to stay is a key step in creating a larger multinational observer force that would monitor a so-called safe zone along Syria’s border with Turkey. The buffer zone is meant to prevent clashes between Turkey and U.S.-backed Kurdish forces. It is also aimed at preventing Assad’s forces and Iran-backed fighters from seizing more territory.
The US will also seek to preserve
militants – many of which are openly aligned with designated terrorist
organizations – still occupying the northern Syrian governorate of
Idlib.
While the US has certainly failed in its
goal of regime change in Syria and even as it appears weak and confused
regarding its policy in Syria and the Middle East in general – its
potential to prolong the Syrian conflict and leave the nation more or
less permanently divided persists.
Iran is in Syria for Good .......https://journal-neo.org/2019/03/08/assads-tehran-visit-signals-irans-victory-in-syria/
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