{"id":31034,"date":"2019-01-29T11:23:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=31034"},"modified":"2019-01-29T11:23:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:23:39","slug":"dozens-of-houthis-killed-in-raids-in-yemens-al-jawf-and-saada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=31034","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Houthis killed in raids in Yemen\u2019s Al-Jawf and Saada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"50\">\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\nDAMASCUS: Syria and Iran signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding late Monday, including a \u201clong-term strategic economic cooperation\u201d deal aimed at strengthening cooperation between Damascus and one of its key allies in the civil war that has torn the country apart.<br \/>The agreements covered a range of fields including economy, culture, education, infrastructure, investment and housing, the official Sana news agency reported.<br \/>They were signed during a visit to Damascus by Iran\u2019s First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri.<br \/>Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis said it was \u201ca message to the world on the reality of Syrian-Iranian cooperation,\u201d citing \u201clegal and administrative facilities\u201d to benefit Iranian companies wishing to invest in Syria and contribute \u201ceffectively to reconstruction.\u201d<br \/>The agreements included two memos of understanding between the railway authorities of the two countries as well as between their respective investment promotion authorities.<br \/>In relation to infrastructure, there was also rehabilitation of the ports of Tartus and Latakia as well as construction of a 540 megawatt energy plant, according to Khamis.<br \/>In addition there were \u201cdozens of projects in the oil sector and agriculture,\u201d he added.<br \/>The civil war has taken an enormous toll on the Syrian economy and infrastructure, with the cost of war-related destruction estimated by the UN at about $400 billion.<br \/>Iran will stand \u201calongside Syria during the next phase that will be marked by reconstruction,\u201d Jahangiri promised.<br \/>Iran and Syria had already signed a military cooperation agreement in August while Tehran has supported Damascus economically during the conflict through oil deliveries and several lines of credit.<br \/>The new agreements come against the backdrop of fresh US sanctions against Iran, while Syrian President Bashar Assad\u2019s regime and several Syrian businesspeople and companies are already on US and European blacklists.<br \/>They also come as Israel has repeatedly pledged to keep arch-foe Iran from entrenching itself militarily in Syria, where the war has already claimed more than 360,000 lives and displaced several million people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS: Syria and Iran signed 11 agreements and memoranda of understanding late Monday, including a \u201clong-term strategic economic cooperation\u201d deal aimed at strengthening cooperation between Damascus and one of its key allies in the civil war that has torn the country apart.The agreements covered a range of fields including economy, culture, education, infrastructure, investment 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