Egyptian TV showed the envoy meeting with President Hosni Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed Abou Gheit, reporting that he briefed them about his weekend talks with Syrian President Bashar al Assad and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

The Syrians straddle the fence between the order of conservative nations on the one hand and this alliance with Iran on the other and it would make perfect sense for Bashar al-Assad to pose as the mediator with the Iranians, which means: hey,if you folks think I'm bad, think of the Iranians,they're much worse, but I have credit in their bank and I can deal with the Iranians."

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

Erdogan was once a close ally of the Syrian president Bashar al Assad.

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Coming up, President Obama said it again today: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go.

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"I believe the destiny of Bashar al-Assad should be decided by the Syrians themselves, " he said.

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