Al-Assad to visit Egypt, King Abdullah today in Damascus

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad will visit Egypt next week to meet with his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, according to a statement made by the Syrian Foreign minister Farouk al-Shara to the Middle East News Agency MENA. Today the Jordanian Monarch Abdullah will hold a visit to Damascus to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad on preparations for the Arab summit in Beirut in light of the developments of conditions in the region, according to an official source at the Jordanian royal court.