The “latest developments in Syria, especially in relation to Ankara and the development of economic and social relations between Iran and Syria, was one of the most important topics of the dialogue between the foreign ministers of Iran and Syria,” according to Iranian media. The reference to Turkey relates to earlier stories over the last several days in which Iran has expressed its support for Turkey to reconcile with the Syrian regime. Turkey, Iran and Russia are part of the Astana process that is supposed to bring some kind of peace to Syria after years of war. This is a peace that will be at the expense of most of the people of Syria, but nevertheless, this is what the regional powers want. They also want to remove the US from Syria.
Regarding Israel, the three countries; Iran, Turkey and Russia, have differing views. Iran is a foe of Israel and wants to use Syria as a launchpad to target Israel. Russia wants to preserve the Syrian regime and use it for influence in the region. Turkey wants to remove US forces and attack Kurds in Syria. Turkey has increasingly hinted it wants better ties with Israel, but it is unclear if Iran’s backing of Turkey working with the Syrian regime is designed to get Iran and Turkey back on the same page in Damascus, backing Hezbollah and bashing Israel. READ MORE
