Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) and visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Abdul Lahyan attend a joint press conference in Damascus, capital of Syria, on Sept. 3, 2015. Visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Abdul Lahyan said Thursday that the Syrian leadership has welcomed an initiative proposed recently by Tehran to help bring a political end to the long-running Syrian conflict. (Xinhua/Zhang Naijie)
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Iran, Syria discuss fresh initiative to end conflict
DAMASCUS, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Abdul Lahyan said Thursday that the Syrian leadership has welcomed an initiative proposed recently by Tehran to help bring a political end to the long-running Syrian conflict.
At a joint press conference with his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad, Lahyan said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and top Syrian officials promised they would study Tehran's proposal.Full Story
