Syrian war likely to dominate Putin's visit to Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tehran Monday for talks sure to sharpen attention on his alliance with Iran in Syria after the Islamic State group's deadly attacks in Paris./ The trip coincides with a major summit in Iran's capital of gas exporting countries, but Putin's meeting with Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is likely to dominate. An escalation in fighting in Syria, where Russia has propped up President Bashar al-Assad against IS and Western-backed rebels, most recently with air strikes, has pulled it closer ...
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