Egypt's parliament speaker Hanafi Jabali headed a Mideast delegation Sunday on a visit to Syria and met with President Bashar Assad.
Jabali, upon his arrival at Damascus International Airport, said that the visit is to show support to Syria's leadership, government, and people in the aftermath of the earthquake in early February.
It's the first visit from a senior Egyptian official to Syria since 2011.
Syria was suspended from its Arab League membership in November 2011, following the eruption of the Syrian crisis in March of the same year. At the time, many Arab countries cut ties with the Syrian government over its conduct in dealing with protesters.
(With input from Xinhua)