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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6911DG20101002
Syria's Assad Rebuffs Washington by Courting Iran
(Reuters) Robin Pomeroy - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad assured his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday during a visit to Tehran that their ties were solid - a view unlikely to please Washington which is working to isolate the Islamic state. Ahmadinejad awarded Assad Iran's highest medal of honor in recognition of his resistance to "global arrogance" - a term which usually refers to the U.S. and its allies.