Syrian President Bashar Assad held talks Sunday with three members of the US House of Representatives in a review of US-Syrian relations, regional developments and the stalled Mideast peace process. Representatives Frank Wolf (Republican, Virginia), Joe Pitts (Republican, Pennsylvania) and Robert Aderholt (Republican, Alabama) had arrived in Damascus on Saturday on a two-day visit. The official Syrian News Agency SANA said the two sides also discussed the situation in Iraq in addition to the Mideast regional issues. Earlier in the day, the US delegation held talks with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem. On Saturday, the three congressmen held talks with Syria's grand mufti, Ahmed Hassoun.
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