DAVOS, Switzerland: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday there could be no military solution to the devastating war in Syria and vowed to throw Tehran’s weight behind a political solution.

Appearing at a gathering of political and business leaders in Switzerland just days after Iran sealed a historic deal ending punishing sanctions by the West over its nuclear program, Zarif said Iran was now determined to help end a conflict in Syria that has killed more than 250,000 people and left millions displaced.

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