Syria: Road to Damascus.

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The Reception of the Ambassadors in Damascus, Anonymous, 1511, oil on canvas, Louvre, Paris.

SYRIA. Road to Damascus.

A former pariah is courted amid regional rivalries and realignments.

The foreign ministers of Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia met in Amman on Monday for talks aimed at ending Syria’s diplomatic isolation. Iran’s Pres…