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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad sign agreements between their countries during Raisi's landmark visit to Damascus, the first by an Iranian president since Syria's civil war broke out. IMAGES TO COMPLETE
The United States criticizes the top diplomat of ally the United Arab Emirates for meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, denouncing efforts to rehabilitate a "brutal dictator." "We are concerned by reports of this meeting and the signal it sends," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
In his televised New Year's address to the nation, Russia's President Vladimir Putin praises Russian servicemen fighting in Syria. Rough Cut-subtitled (no reporter narration).
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has gone to Moscow to personally thank Russia's Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a surprise visit that underlines how Russia has become a major player in the Middle East. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz visit NATO troops stationed in the northeastern Polish town of Orzysz. IMAGES
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