Syria: First visit of a Hamas delegation to Damascus in more than ten years

Representation of the Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas arrived today at Damascus to meet with him Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, more than ten years after it severed ties with the Syrian government following the outbreak of the uprising in the country, a Palestinian official said. Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strips, he was one of Assad’s closest allies, but relations between them soured after the outbreak of the uprising in Syria in 2011, with the Palestinian movement criticizing her bloody suppression of it.

The then head of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, left the Damascus in 2012 and settled in Catarrh “A Hamas delegation has arrived in Damascus for a two-day visit,” said Khaled Abdel Mazid, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an organization close to the Syrian government.

Hamas representatives are expected to “meet with President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday (today)”. Assad will receive them as part of a delegation that includes officials from various Palestinian organizations, he added.

The Hamas delegation, led by Khalil Haya, the head of the Arab and Islamic relations office, arrived in Syria after a visit to Algeria, where 14 Palestinian organizations – including rivals Hamas and Fatah – signed a reconciliation agreement last Thursday, the Athens News Agency reports. News.

The visit to Damascus comes weeks after Hamas announced it wanted to to restore its relations with the Syrian government “in light of the rapid regional and international developments associated with our cause,” a reference to the normalization of relations between many countries in the region with Israel.

Source: News Beast

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