pa href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-defense-minister-amir-hatami-arrives-syria-tasnim-061659129.html"img src="" width="130" height="86" alt="Iran#39;s defense minister meets Assad, Syrian counterpart in Damascus" align="left" title="Iran#39;s defense minister meets Assad, Syrian counterpart in Damascus" border="0" /a(Reuters) - Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami arrived in Syria on Sunday for meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and senior defense and military officials as part of a two-day visit, according to the Tasnim news agency. Iranian forces have backed Assad in the country's civil war. "Not only the people of the region, but the people of the world are indebted to the battles that have taken place against terrorists in Syria," Hatami told Assad in a meeting, according to Tasnim.pbr clear="all"
