Putin to visit the region
Well-informed Russian sources in Moscow have expected that the Russian President Vladimire Putin will pay a visit to Syria and other Arab states in the first half of August to congratulate Lt. Gen. Bashar al-Assad on his election as a President for the Syrian Arab republic.
The Paris based paper al-Muharrir news said in its Friday's issue quoting these Russian circles that Putin might delegate by the end of this month July, his foreign minister to the region in preparation for such a tour.
