Iran says ‘very pleased’ by thaw in Turkey’s ties with Syria

Iran says it is “very pleased” by the start in December of the first direct talks between Ankara and Damascus since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war 11 years ago.

“We are very pleased by the fact that relations between Damascus and Ankara are undergoing change,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tells reporters after talks in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.

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