Iran’s President, Ebrahim Raisi, visited Damascus last week for talks with his counterpart, Bashar Al-Assad. The main issues were economic, but the visit, the first since the Syrian civil war erupted a dozen years ago, also signaled Tehran’s growing influence over the Assad regime, secondary only to the Russian role in the war-torn country’s affairs. At the same time, Syrian and Iranian officials huddled with their Russian and Turkish colleagues, while moderate Arab nations met in Jordan to call for Syria’s readmission to the Arab League. Do all of these simultaneous contacts signal a general rapprochement between Tehran and most Arab capitals, or a more modest move to exploit the Syrian dependence for Iran’s benefit?
Joining us to analyze this matter from central Israel Dr. Meir Javedanfar, Iran lecturer, Reichman University. Also join us from Ankara, Turkey Mr Omer Özkizilcik Foreign Policy and Security Analyst. And Amir Oren.
