Syria's relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for its people after those nations backed autocratic President Bashar Assad during the long civil war, the country's new, interim foreign minister said Wednesday.

Syria foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shibani said on Wednesday that his country has been receiving positive messages from Russia and Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy is based on defending justice and rejecting foreign intervention.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi continued his consultations with the foreign ministers of Islamic countries regarding the situation in Gaza by holding a telephone conversation with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf.