As pressure grows on Syrian president Bashar Assad to step down, Iran’s Deputy
Foreign Minister for Arab and African Countries, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian,
headed to Moscow on Monday to discuss the crisis with his Russian counterpart
Mikhail Bogdanov.
Amir-Abdollahian’s visit to Russia comes on another day
of intense fighting across Syria.
Assad’s staunchest allies, Moscow and
Tehran, have backed his regime since the fighting began over 21 months
ago.
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