Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) welcomes Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C), before a meeting in Damascus January 15, 2014. REUTERS/SANA
i24 News: UN: Iran's financial aid to Assad far exceeds US estimates
Specian envoy de Mistra estimates Tehran spends $6 billion annually in military and economic aid to Syria
Iran is spending billions of dollars annually to support and strengthen President Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, financial site Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.
A spokesman for Staffan de Mistra, the UN special envoy to Syria, told Bloomberg on Monday that the envoy estimates Iran spends $6 billion annually in military and economic aid to Syria, which includes delivery of all crude oil needs of the country.
“The Special Envoy has estimated Iran spends $6 billion annually on supporting the Assad regime in Syria. So it’s $6 billion not $35 billion,” Jessy Chahine, the spokeswoman for de Staffan de Mistura said Monday in an email, Bloomberg reported.
WNU Editor: When you add in their support of Hezbollah, Shiite militias in Iraq, Houthi rebels in Yemen .... this is big money with the very real possibility that in the end it will be for nothing.
More News On Iran Spending Billions Each Year Supporting The Syrian Regime
Iran spends billions to prop up Assad -- Bloomberg
Iran spending billions to support Assad: UN envoy -- Al Bawaba
Iran spending billions to back Assad -- Jerusalem Post
Iranian support of Assad regime in Syria amounts to billions -- Irish Times
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