Report: Iran to provide Syria with $1b for new weapons

Report: Iran to provide Syria with $1b for new weapons

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Iran will reportedly fund, at a price of $1 billion, new Syrian fighter jets, tanks, missiles against naval craft and will aid in Syria's nuclear and chemical weapons research programs. In return, Syrian President Bashar Assad has reportedly promised Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to cease the pursuit of peace talks with Israel in exchange for Iranian support of Syrian interests in Lebanon.

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Thats a big amount of cash, I do not think there is going to be a deal with syria and Isreal over the golan heights in return for peace now, Mind you I am allways wrong atleast once a day. Syria sure needs the cash though and Irans not short of it.

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Can anybody find out the sort of time scale thats involved with the delivery of the Mig31's am I right in thinking thats they will now own upto 23 Migs. What do you think on this?