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Iranian president to visit Syria next week - senior source

FILE PHOTO-Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a meeting with the cabinet in Tehran, Iran, January 19, 2023. Presidential Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Damascus next week, a senior regional source close to the Syrian government told Reuters on Friday.

The visit will be the first by an Iranian leader to Syria, its key ally in the region, since war broke out in Syria in 2011.

(Reporting by Laila Bassam, Writing by Maya Gebeily; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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