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Syria War Targets ‘Axis of Resistance’ – Assad

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The civil war raging in Syria is targeting not only Damascus but the entire “axis of resistance” formed with its allies, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday.

The civil war raging in Syria is targeting not only Damascus but the entire “axis of resistance” formed with its allies, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday.

Syria, Iran, its closest ally in the region, as well as the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah and Hamas, the de facto rulers of the Gaza Strip, refer to themselves as an "axis of resistance" in their common opposition to Israel.

"The ongoing war is targeting the entire axis of resistance, not just Syria," the Syrian SANA news agency quoted the president as saying at a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.

The Syrian conflict has claimed up to 20,000 lives according to estimates by various Syrian opposition groups. The Syrian authorities say 8,000 have been killed.

 

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