Sealed With A Kiss

A day after Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad issued a decree establishing diplomatic ties with Lebanon, the countries' foreign ministers signed a document formalizing the agreement.

This is the first time Syria and its much smaller neighbor have had formal diplomatic relations since they gained independence from France in the 1940's.
The Syrian FM said one of the main joint tasks the two countries ...
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