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"It is clear that the region is going through the stage of the world map's redrawing and the escalation of aggression against Syria and enemy nations' resort to direct aggression after the defeat of their cells and associates will only strengthen Syrians' desire to fully eradicate terrorism and its various forms," Assad said at the meeting with Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman of the foreign policy and national security committee at the Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly.
The Syrian president has once again stressed the right of the Syrian people to defend the country's sovereignty and to decide on its future independently, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
Boroujerdi, in turn, stressed that the United States, its allies and proxies had been defeated in Syria, adding that the failure of the recent missile attack on Syria reaffirmed the strength and steadfastness of "the resistance axis" in the country. Boroujerdi highlighted that Iran would continue to provide assistance to Syria.
Comment: Assad is right - again.