Iran hosted a rival version of a "Friends of Syria"
conference on Wednesday, convening lawmakers from allies around the
world to push for a diplomatic solution to Syria's civil war and
lambaste alleged Western interference.
Iran
is a longtime ally of President Bashar al-Assad, whose minority Alawite
sect is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, providing him with financial,
military and moral support as he battles rebels trying to overthrow him.
The one-day meeting appeared to mirror a series of "Friends of Syria"
conferences in which Western and Arab nations pledged political and
financial support for the rebels and for the millions of Syrians driven
from their homes by the war.
At the conference in Tehran, attended by legislators from Russia, Algeria, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Cuba and Venezuela, Iran's parliament speaker challenged Syrian rebels to put down their weapons and seek to oust Assad at the ballot box.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/12/us-syria-crisis-iran-idUSBREA2B10I20140312
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