Syria, Iraq border reopening fuels fears of Iran ‘land corridor’

A rare meeting took place in Damascus when the military chiefs of Syria, Iraq and Iran convened there.The meeting and an announcement that a border crossing between Iraq and Syria would be reopened are signs of Iran’s continued influence in the region.

Iranian Chief of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri said “terrorism poses a threat to all of us,” stressing the need to coordinate efforts to combat it.

Syrian President Bashar Assad met with the Iraqi and Iranian delegations and said on Iranian television that “Baghdad and Tehran have a common enemy, as well as a common battlefield.”

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