Al-Assad reviewed with Lebanese figures issues of concern to Syria, Lebanon

Syria's President Bashar al- Assad yesterday received separately former Lebanese prime minister Salim al-Hoss, and parliamentarian Qabalan Issa al-Khoury o regional and national issues..

Al-Hoss returned back to Beirut yesterday later in the day and said in a statement that he had felt great national awareness in the president concerning current challenges imposed on the Arab nation.