Iraqi, Syrian Officials Discuss Security Cooperation
Lesson Brief
Al Sharq Al Awsat
On March 24, Al Sharq Al Awsat reported on Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's trip to Syria to discuss with officials in Damascus potential areas for security cooperation and coordination. Calls between the two governments for more such coordination have reportedly been increasing as the two countries struggle in the face of a common enemy, ISIS. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said that certain countries in the region had an interest in bringing about a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war, without saying which countries, and that the security of both Iraq and Syria benefits by such a resolution.
Click and Match
- axis(es)
- محور ، محاور
- efforts exuded
- جهود مبذولة
- formation, forming
- تشكيل
- to be affected by changes
- تَأَثَّرَ ، يَتَأَثَّرُ بمتغيرات
- to dispatch a delegation
- أَوْفَدَ ، يُوفِدُ مبعوثا
- to retain, to uphold
- احْتَفَظَ ، يَحْتَفِظُ به
- to share a common fate
- ارْتَبَطَ ، يَرْتَبِطُ بمصير مشترك
- at this level
- على هذا المستوى
- national security advisor
- مستشار الأمن الوطني
- sense of responsibility
- الإحساس بالمسؤولية