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 IRAN EXPANDS INFLUENCE IN SYRIA |
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WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iran was said to have significantly expanded its
influence in Syria and encouraging Alawis and Sunnis to convert to Shi'ite
Islam.Syrian opposition sources said the regime of President Bashar Assad has
given Iran "carte blanche" in Syria. The sources said that unlike his late
father, Bashar has allowed Iranian clerics to spread the Shi'ite religion in
Syria."Syrians have been observing over the last year a dangerous phenomena
mostly witnessed by an alarming number of non-Shia turning to Khomeini-style
Shia in return for financial rewards," the opposition Reform Party of Syria
said. "Whole villages and urban areas are adopting the Hizbullah model
whereby clinics, schools, and social services are provided by Iran in return
for Syrians to convert to Shi'ism." In August 2006, RPS said, Iran opened two centers in the Syrian port of
Latakiya. The organization said the centers, designed to teach Farsi, have
been converting Sunni Muslims.
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