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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Albert Aji and Kareem Chehayeb

EXPLAINED: Egypt s top diplomat in damascus meets with syria s assad | Rare Historical Photos

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Egypt's foreign minister Monday met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus and promised to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country.

Sameh Shoukry is Egypt's most senior official to visit Syria since 2011, a day after Cairo's parliament speaker, Hanafy el-Gebaly, and a delegation of top Arab lawmakers visited Assad in a push to end Syria’s political isolation.

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