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 While majority Sunni , Syria is led by Alawites an offshoot of Shiism and is closely allied with Iran , which , in the eyes of Sunnis in Iraq and elsewhere , sponsors the very militias that persecute Iraq 's Sunnis who are often related to Syria 's own Sunnis , especially in the border region . '' 
 administrative division of country: Iran, Syria
Given a phrase that describes the relationship between two words, extract the words and the lexical relationship between them. The output format should be "relation1: word1, word2; relation2: word3, word4". 
Option: nationality, country capital, place of death, children, location contains, place of birth, place lived, administrative division of country, country of administrative divisions, company, neighborhood of, company founders 
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Answer:
 administrative division of country: Iran, Syria