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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian deepened military ties between their countries on Friday by signing a 20-year strategic partnership that is likely to worry the West.

Highlights: Iran, Russia sign strategic treaty Move likely to worry West Both suffer setbacks in Middle East Iranian drones used in Ukraine war Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday signed a 20-year strategic partnership treaty involving closer defence cooperation that is likely to worry the West.

The Russian president said that Russia is ready to "continue supporting the Syrian people in stabilizing the situation, providing urgent humanitarian aid and launching full-scale post-conflict reconst