Moscow's special Syria envoy said Lebanon and Iraq 'commend the efforts made by Russia in recent years to maintain the unity of Syria, their neighbor country' and would join in on a key meeting next
Russia has secured the support of two more regional allies in its efforts to end the eight-year civil war in Syria as the United States' own approach has increasingly come under scrutiny.
Furthermore, he revealed that leaders from both Arab countries bordering Syria"stated that they would send representative delegations to Kazakhstan's capital, where an international meeting on Syria will be held in late July." The news was confirmed in separate readouts released by the Iraqi and Lebanese governments.
Lebanon and Iraq have extensive ties to Syria's main regional supporter, Iran, as well, though opposition parties in both countries have also expressed deep criticism of the Islamic Republic's growing regional influence.
Turkey, the last major supporter of Syrian rebels, joined Russia and Iran in 2017 to form a trilateral peace process based largely in the Kazakh capital of Astana, since renamed Nursultan. While the U.S. has mostly dismissed this framework in favor of an oft-stalled process based in Geneva, Washington's shifting Syria strategy has repeatedly generated frustration from friends and foes alike.
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