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Growing Iran-Syria Ties
(Military.com) Peter Brookes - Iran is expanding its alliance with its evil twin, Syria. The rising Damascus-Tehran axis means more trouble for the U.S./Israel in the Middle East, more Iranian/Syrian support for terrorism and insurgency across the region - and, worst of all, the specter of nuclear cooperation between the two. Last September, Ahmadinejad announced a willingness to share "peaceful" nuclear technology with other "Islamic" states. Damascus is the most likely recipient of Tehran's nuclear largesse. The writer is a senior fellow for national security affairs at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.