Syria welcomes Iran's role in easing tension with Turkey

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Syria welcomes Iran's role in easing tension with Turkey

STORY: Syria welcomes Iran's role in easing tension with Turkey DATELINE: July 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian 2. various of ministers entering the conference hall 3. SOUNDBITE (Persian): HOSSEIN AMIR ABDOLLAHIAN, Iranian Foreign Minister STORYLINE: Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad on Saturday evening said his country welcomes any role played by Iran to ease the tension between Syria and Turkey. The minister made the remarks during a joint press conference with the visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who arrived in Syria Saturday to discuss ways to defuse the tension between Syria and Turkey. The tension has been brewing for weeks following Ankara's declared plan to impose a buffer zone in northern Syria on the border with Turkey through a military operation against the Kurdish militias in that region. At the pr

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