Iran’s foreign minister discuss in Syria Lebanese-Israeli fighting

Iran and Syria are the principal sponsors of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group that provoked the current fighting when its guerrillas crossed into northern Israel last Wednesday and kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki did not speak to reporters on arrival in Damascus, but went headed straight for talks with President Bashar Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Moallem.

Syria and Iran have applauded Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers, which triggered an Israeli offensive in Lebanon that has killed nearly 200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and wounded more than 400 others.

Israeli warplanes have also struck Lebanese bridges, power plants, fuel storage tanks, harbors and Beirut airport, making the country pay a price for the government's acknowledged failure to control Hezbollah.

On Sunday, Iran threatened "unimaginable damage" to Israel if Syria were to be attacked. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Hezbollah was winning its fight against Israel.

Syria has also warned that any attack would be by "a firm and direct response whose timing and methods are unlimited."

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