Trying To Wean Syria Away From Its Strategic Alliance With Iran

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Photo from Payvand

U.S. Deploys Tech Firms to Win Syrian Allies -- Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—The State Department has dispatched a high-level diplomatic and trade mission to Syria, according to senior U.S. officials, marking the latest bid by the Obama administration to woo President Bashar al-Assad away from his strategic alliance with Iran.

The U.S. delegation comprises senior executives from some of America's top technology companies, including Microsoft Corp., Dell Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. and Symantec Corp., according to the U.S. officials. All these companies' businesses in Syria are constrained by U.S. sanctions.

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My Comment: Here we go again .... this is probably the umpteenth time that a delegation is going to Syria to try and wean them away from the Iran/Hezbollah/Hamas coalition .... like before it is not going to work.