Top Iranian official embarks on visit to Jordan
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will visit Jordan later
on Monday, the ministry's spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said, IRNA
news agency reported.
Mehmanparast noted that since Iran is a chairman country of the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Salehi's visit to Jordan will provide
consultations on regional potential, and also on solving the
long-lasting crisis in Syria via political dialogue.
On Sunday, Israel struck targets near Damascus, and according to
Syrian reports Israel targetted an arms depot, a research center
and two brigades of presidential guards, with 300 soldiers being
killed as a result of the strike.
Israeli officials said the raid was not connected to Syria's civil
war, and aimed at stopping Lebanon's Hezbollah, an ally of Iran,
acquiring weapons that could be used to strike Tel Aviv if Israel
followed through on threats to attack Iranian nuclear
facilities.
Anti-government protests have continued in Syria for more than two
years.
According to the UN, the total number of victims of the conflict in
Syria exceeds 70,000 with around three million in need of
humanitarian assistance.
The Syrian authorities say they oppose the well-armed
militants.