DUBAI Sun Aug 5, 2012 4:14am EDT
DUBAI (Reuters) - Tehran includes expected Turkey along with Qatar to help you risk-free the release of 48 Iranian pilgrims kidnapped with your Syrian capital Damascus, Iran's express reports firm IRNA documented on Sunday.
The Iranian pilgrims were being gripped after visiting a massive multiplayer Shiite shrine in Damascus on Saturday simply by an provided group.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and also Qatari comparable version Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani agreed to guide seek out your pilgrims' discharge during distinct mobile phone chats having Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, IRNA reported.
Several Iranians were abducted inside Syria because uprising against President Bashar al-Assad initiated 17 weeks ago, and many are actually introduced to Turkish government bodies before moving back to Iran, as outlined by Iranian media.
Five Iranian men with vision kidnapped around Homs with December were being separated past month, and also a a lot more pilgrims ended up snatched with January and February. Most are actually released, Iranian mass media reported.
The majority associated with that Syrians seeking to topple Assad fit in with the actual Sunni Muslim majority, although Assad hails from the actual minority Alawite sect, a strong offshoot associated with Shi'ite Islam that's the primary religion with Iran.
Tehran offers criticized Turkey as well as Qatar pertaining to serving rebels fighting to be able to topple Assad, a new in close proximity ally Iran provides awarded for guaranteeing political reforms.
Tens associated with thousands of Syrians fled this arguing to generally Sunni Muslim Turkey and also the nominal commander from the Free Syrian Army, some sort of freely matched number of insurgents combating Assad's forces, is usually based there.
Syria features arrested Qatar's Sunni Muslim rulers of funneling weapons and money to the rebels, which usually Damascus identifies because terrorists.
(Reporting By Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by Jon Boyle )
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