WorldNews Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Laila Bassam AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Syria and Iraq met in Damascus on Tuesday to discuss ways to tackle militant groups in their countries and Iraq called for greater international cooperation to combat the violence, Syrian state media said. The Shi'ite Muslim-led government in Baghdad, together with Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, have been important allies for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Iraq's armed forces are also the main partner on the ground for a U.S.-led coalition bombing Islamic State militants in Iraq but Washington and other Western governments have dismissed the idea of cooperating directly with Syria in the same fight. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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