Al-Zaidi in Damascus: What lies beyond the Umayyad Mosque and Sayyida Zainab?

El Shark: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi’s visit to Damascus on Wednesday marked a striking political shift in relations between the two countries, and was the first visit by an Iraqi prime minister to Damascus since the fall of the Assad regime. Baghdad is opening up to President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s administration, after Iraqi factions fought alongside the regime…
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