Iran will be at Syria summit but Lebanon may not
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Iran will be at Syria summit but Lebanon may not
by Admin Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:11 am
Syria has invited its regional ally Iran to the Arab summit in Damascus and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will represent Iran, Tehran officially announced today.
"The Iranian Foreign Ministry is please to confirm that Iran was invited by Syria will be represented at the summit by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki" said Mouhammad Ali Husseini, spokesman of the ministry.
Reports circulated last week that the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will represent Iran as a guestof honor and will be seated next to Syrian president Bashar al Assad . It is not clear why Iran has decided to send a lower level representative.
The controversial summit is scheduled to be held March 29-30 in Damascus.
Iran and Syria have allies ever since Basher al Assad's father former president Hafez al Assad took over in Syria. During 1980 -1988 Iraq - Iran war Syria was the only Arab country to side with Iran against Iraq.
Syria and Iran have been accused of destabilizing Lebanon through their allies the Hezbollah-led opposition.
Hezbollah was founded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards around 1982 and Iran has been training and funding Hezbollah ever since.
"The Iranian Foreign Ministry is please to confirm that Iran was invited by Syria will be represented at the summit by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki" said Mouhammad Ali Husseini, spokesman of the ministry.
Reports circulated last week that the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will represent Iran as a guestof honor and will be seated next to Syrian president Bashar al Assad . It is not clear why Iran has decided to send a lower level representative.
The controversial summit is scheduled to be held March 29-30 in Damascus.
Iran and Syria have allies ever since Basher al Assad's father former president Hafez al Assad took over in Syria. During 1980 -1988 Iraq - Iran war Syria was the only Arab country to side with Iran against Iraq.
Syria and Iran have been accused of destabilizing Lebanon through their allies the Hezbollah-led opposition.
Hezbollah was founded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards around 1982 and Iran has been training and funding Hezbollah ever since.
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Rifaat al Assad killed Jumblatt's father
by Admin Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:12 am
Rafi Madian son of the slain George Hawi ( who was assassinated on June 21, 2005) has declared today that Rifaat Al Assad, uncle of president Basher Al Assad ordered the assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, father of Walid Jumbaltt 31 years ago. Madian said " history is repeating itself " in reference to all the assassinations that took place in Lebanon during the last three years.
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