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From the Liveblog of
Friday, April 18, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Friday, April 18, 2025
PA leader Abbas visits Syria, meets new leader Sharaa
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) receiving Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Damascus on April 18, 2025. (SANA / AFP)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived this afternoon in Syria for his first visit since the fall of the Assad regime.
He met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa.
No details have been released from the meeting as of yet.
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