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DAMASCUS, SYRIA - NOVEMBER 09: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - "UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) in Damascus, Syria on November 09, 2021. (Photo by UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - NOVEMBER 09: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - "UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) in Damascus, Syria on November 09, 2021. (Photo by UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)