Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday that any military operation launched by Ankara against Kurdish militants in northern Syria would “harm” the region.
Yesterday, Tehran hosted a trilateral summit on the conflict in Syria, which was attended by Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, his Russian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who, in turn, will hold a bilateral meeting on the consequences of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia, Iran and Turkey have played key roles in the Syrian conflict since its inception. Moscow and Tehran’s support for Bashar al-Assad has shifted the balance on the ground in favor of his forces, while Turkey has supported opposition groups.
The Kremlin confirmed when announcing this month’s summit that it would focus on the dossier of Syria.
