President Raeisi says Syria visit carried message of victory for resistance front

President Ebrahim Raeisi has said that his historic early May visit to Syria served to send the message of victory for the regional resistance front.

The chief executive made the remarks during a meeting with a delegation comprising three visiting Syrian ministers, which was being headed by the Arab country’s Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad, in Tehran on Tuesday.

Raeisi hailed the Syrian government and people’s steadfastness and resistance against all-out sedition and aggression over the course of 12 years. He was referring to Damascus’ successful confrontation against fierce foreign-backed militancy and terrorism that started afflicting the Arab nation in 2011.

The May 3 visit between him and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — the first one to take place between two Iranian and Syrian officials in that capacity since the start of the foreign-backed violence — served to convey the important message of great victory for the regional resistance front and approach, Raeisi noted.