On Tuesday evening, Syrian President Bashar Assad, in a telephone conversation with Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, expressed his condolences to the government and nation of Iran and the families of the martyrs Major General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and a group of his comrades in the terrorist attack of the criminal Zionist regime on the Iranian embassy in Syria,...

An Algerian presidential statement said Al-Assad briefed the Algerian leader on the current situation in Syria.

The US newspaper, citing informed sources, said Cairo and Damascus are conducting "advanced discussions" to restore diplomatic ties and to hold a top-level meeting between the two countries.

During his visit to Iran this morning, the Syrian President met separately with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, and President Ebrahim Raisi.