Top Arab lawmakers visit Syria, aiming to bring Syria back to Arab fold

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Top Arab lawmakers visit Syria, aiming to bring Syria back to Arab fold

STORY: Top Arab lawmakers visit Syria, aiming to bring Syria back to Arab fold DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Syrian parliament 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-HALBOUSI, Head of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union 3. various of the Syrian parliament 4. various of the meeting between the Arab lawmakers and Syrian president (Syrian Presidency) STORYLINE: A delegation of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union visited Damascus on Sunday, underscoring the importance of bringing Syria back to the Arab fold. The president of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union and Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi headed the high-ranking delegation to Damascus. The eight Arab lawmakers held a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and then went to the Syrian Parliament to meet lawmakers. Among the visitors was Egypt's Parliament Speaker Hanafy Ali El-Gebali, the first Egyptian top official to visit Syria during the 11-year war.

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