By AFP SYDNEY: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi on Tuesday described Tehran as a "strong ally of the people of Syria" and warned outside powers not to interfere in the conflict. But in an interview with Australia's SBS television, Salehi also said the Syrian government needed to recognise the opposition that has been waging an 18-month-...

By The Washington Post CAIRO Newly activist Egypt is trying to convince Iran to drop its unquestioned support of Syrias embattled President Bashar Assad in order to end that countrys bloody civil war in exchange for help in easing Tehrans regional isolation at a time of mounting pressure on it over its disputed nuclear program. The offer is ...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr denied any Iranian pressure on Egypt to change its stance on the Syrian crisis. In a press conference held at the Foreign Ministry, Amr denied that Egypt withdrew its acting ambassador Alaa Abdel Aziz in Damascus, reported state-owned Al-Ahram. Rumours circulated regarding Irans influence over Egypts decision ...

[caption id="attachment_27057" align="alignright" width="300"] Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (R) listens to his Egyptian counterpart, Mohammed Kamel Amr, during a joint press conference in Cairo, September 17, 2012.[/caption] Irans Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has discussed regional developments, particularly the crisis in Syria, ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has called on Egypt to hold urgent quartet talks to find a solution to the crisis in Syria. In an interview with the Lebanese Al Mayadeen television channel, the senior Iranian diplomat voiced Tehrans readiness to host or attend the negotiations in any country and at any level. During a summit of the Organization ...

Iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi has expressed Tehrans readiness to host the next round of the quartet talks on the ongoing crisis in Syria. We have announced our readiness to host the next quartet summit to resolve Syrias crisis and if it is decided that the talks be hosted by another country, including Saudi Arabia, we will participate ...

TEHRAN, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday reiterated Iran's staunch support for Damascus, insisting that a rebel victory in Syria would threaten the entire region, his office's website said. "A group coming into power through war and conflict will lead to continued war and security problems for a long time," Ahmadinejad told a delegation ...

By The Daily Star CAIRO/DAMASCUS: A Middle Eastern quartet tasked with discussing the Syrian crisis met Monday minus one member and warned against expectations of a quick solution to the revolt against the Syrian regime. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Iran and Turkey met in Cairo for an inaugural session of the quartet, which was missing participation ...

By Jerusalem Post CAIRO - Saudi Arabia opted to stay away from a meeting of four regional powers on the Syrian crisis on Monday, adding to a sense that the forum is unlikely to advance the quest for peace. The 'contact group' of Egypt, Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia was assembled at Egypt's initiative, but an Egyptian official said the Saudi foreign ...

By The Daily Star TEHRAN: Iran is proposing it, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey dispatch observers to its ally Syria in an effort to quell the violence there, state media reported on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi put forward the suggestion at a regional "contact group" meeting held in Cairo on Monday, the official news agency IRNA ...

By Al-Monitor On Monday in Cairo, representatives from Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey met to resolve the Syrian conflict. This was the second regional initiative on Syria which included Iran after Saudi King Abdullah invitedIrans President Ahmadinejadto attend a unity conference in Mecca in August. Iran will seize the opportunityto advance ...

By The Daily Star TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday hailed Egypt's aims in putting together a new "contact group" on the Syrian crisis, but said it wanted to expand the initiative to include its allies Iraq and Venezuela. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdolahian was quoted on his ministry's website after attending the group's first meeting in Cairo ...

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdullahian is attending the four-way "contact group" meeting in Egypts capital, Cairo, as Tehrans representative. Amir-Abdullahian left Tehran for Cairo on Monday to attend the meeting of contact group, comprising of Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, aimed at finding a ...