Shamseddine confers with Bashar al-Assad

Chairman of the higher Shiite Islamic council in Lebanon Sheikh Muhammad Mahdi Shamseddine met during his visit Tuesday to Damascus with Col. Bashar al-Assad and reviewed with him the questions of Arab solidarity and Arab-Islamic solidarity in confrontation of requirements of the current phase on the regional and international levels.

The two men also reviewed issues on the Arab and Islamic levels, namely the question of Jerusalem. A statement by the Shiite council said the meeting also "highlighted President al-Assad's support for Arab and Islamic solidarity and in backing the Arab-Islamic position in confrontation of the Zionist schemes."