Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 968 Mon. February 19, 2007       International Syria, Iran vow unity against US plots Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) meets with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (C) and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) in Tehran yesterday. Close allies Assad and Ahmadinejad Sunday night pledged they would work together to confront US and Israeli "plots" in the Middle East. PHOTO: AFP