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PA’s Abbas to make first trip to Syria since fall of Assad regime
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will make his first visit to Syria since the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime.
Abbas is departing tonight for Jordan and from there will travel to Syria, his top aide, Hussein al-Sheikh, tweets.
Sheikh doesn’t mention whether Abbas will meet with interim Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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