Analysis: How Syria is pushing Egypt and Iran closer
Foreign ministers meet around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria, in Lausanne
(From L-R), Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, speak together around a table during a bilateral meeting where they discussed the crisis in Syria, in Lausanne, Switzerland, October 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Christophe Bott/Pool