Syrian, Iraqi, Iranian foreign ministers to meet on Syria situation

6/12/2024 5:58

        Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad
        Hussein will meet his Syrian and Iranian counterparts on Friday
        to discuss the situation in Syria, the Iraqi state news agency
        said on Thursday.
        
        The Friday meeting comes after a whirlwind advance by Syrian
        rebels that started last week as they captured the main northern
        city of Aleppo from Iran-backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
        and then captured the city of Hama on Thursday.
        
        Earlier on Thursday, Syrian foreign minister Faisal Mekdad
        arrived in Iraq's capital Baghdad, the Iraqi state news agency
        (INA) said, adding that the Iranian foreign minister is to
        arrive on Friday.
        
        Some Iraqi fighters entered Syria early this week to support
        Assad, Iraqi and Syrian sources said. Iraq's Iran-aligned Hashd
        al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition has mobilised along the border
        with Syria, saying this was purely preventative in case of
        spillover into Iraq.