Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir – CC via Wikimedia/ kremlin.ruAMMAN - 16 December 2018: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, the first such visit by an Arab leader since the start of the Syrian conflict, Syrian state media said.President Bashar al Assad welcomed him at the airport, official photos showed. Many Arab countries have shunned Assad since the conflict that began early in 2011 after protests calling for his downfall swept Syria.

Source: Egypt Today December 16, 2018 20:15 UTC