A senior Fatah delegation visited Syria, carrying a message from President Mahmoud Abbas to his Syrian counterpart about the need to bring the Palestinian cause back on the table in the run-up to the Arab summit scheduled to take place in Algeria in March.
Three breakthroughs made by Abu Dhabi in the past months, call for reflection: The first was with Israel, as relations have gone beyond the normal level of opening embassies or exchanging pol.
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Geir Pedersen, is visiting Damascus this week to discuss the possibility of holding a seventh round of meetings of the committee to discuss an amendment to the constitution in Geneva.