Iran had imperial ambitions in Syria, secret embassy documents show why it failed
Huge projects were stymied early by corruption, sanctions and money problems, and the plans went spectacularly wrong with the fall of Assad.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walk past the guard of honour in Damascus January 19, 2006. Syria said on Thursday Iran had a right to acquire nuclear technology for peaceful means and demanded Israel be stripped of its suspected nuclear arsenal.(photo credit: REUTERS/KHALED AL-HARIRI)Updated: 
