TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani phoned his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to congratulate him on the impending defeat of rebel forces in the battleground city of Aleppo, his website said.

“The victory in Aleppo... constitutes a great victory for the Syrian people against terrorists and those who support them,” Rouhani told Assad.

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