Damascus, SANA- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met Senior Religious Scholars in Damascus in the presence of Minister of Religious Endowments Mohammad Abdul-Sattar al-Sayyed.

The Religious Scholars welcomed His Excellency and hailed the strategic ties binding Syria and Iran and their united position against the US and Israeli terrorism targeting peoples in the region.

President Raisi thanked the scholars and praised the resilience of Syrians, affirming Iran’s firm support to Syrians and the deep-rooted strategic relations between the two countries.

Raisi stressed that the method of resistance adopted by President Bashar al-Assad has given fruit and this was clear through Syria’s victory over terrorism and its supporters.