Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan listen to national anthems on Monday, July 16, 2007, at Ash-Shaeb presidential palace. The UAE president flew in Sunday on a two-day official visit to Syria for talks with Assad on the situation in the region and ways of promoting bilateral relations between the two countries, as part of a three-nation tour that will take him to Algeria and France.(AP Photo Bassem Tellawi).