Syria has set up a new Iraq policy group to ensure its interests are safeguarded and that Iraq remains stable as U.S. troops withdraw, according to officials and analysts in Damascus.
They said the move is part of an organized effort by the Syrian authorities to take a positive and active role in Iraqi politics, at a time when intense negotiations to form a new government in Baghdad are under way and with U.S. influence there on the wane.
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