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    France, Iraq, Syria
    Iraqi security chief Falih al-Fayyadh sent to Damas to soothe Bashar al-Assad's feelings

    Faleh al-Fayad and Bachar al-Assad during a previous visit in 2019.
    Faleh al-Fayad and Bachar al-Assad during a previous visit in 2019. © Âsana Handout/EPA/MaxPPP

    Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kazemi, who is organising a major regional conference with France in Baghdad at the end of August, is seriously embarrassed at not being able to invite his neighbour, Bashar al-Assad. As a result, he decided to send Falih al-Fayyadh to Damas to break the news to the Syrian leader personally.

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