Jalili in Syria for Talks with Assad: Officials

Jalili would also meet with Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi and Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, the officials told AFP on condition of anonymity.
 
Jalili, who last visited Damascus in August 2012, is also Iran's top nuclear negotiator and a close aide to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei.
 
His visit was also confirmed by Al-Alam television channel, which reported that the trip would be important-- although it did not elaborate.
 
The vivist comes few days after the Zionist entity launched an airstrike against a scientific research center situated between Damascus and the Lebanese border, killing two people and injuring five others.