How Syria is pushing Egypt and Iran closer - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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(From L-R), Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, speak togethe — Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R, fourth from camera) join other regional figures, and US Secretary of State John Kerry, during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the Syrian crisis, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct. 15, 2016. — REUTERS/Jean-Christophe Bott/Pool

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