Mitchell's scheduled visit to Damascus was preceded by two trips there since March by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and White House National Security Council Middle East expert Daniel Shapiro.
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Malcolm is also wary of Ramil Guliyev of Azerbaijan and Germany's Daniel Schnelting while fellow Brit Jeffrey Lawal Balogun's season's best is just shy of Malcolm's top time this year.