Source: nowlebanon.com, 03-01-2009

Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Saturday that President Bashar Assad met with the Secretary of the Iranian National Security Higher Council Said Jalili in Damascus.
SANA added that discussions included "the dangerous situation facing the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip as a result of ongoing the Israeli aggression."
Jalili also met with Head of Hamas' political office Khaled Meshaal and Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Abdullah Shallah after he arrived in Damascus on Friday. Both Meshaal and Shallah are currently based in Damascus.