One of Iraqi Shiite leaders and Army Head Mehdi Moktada al-Sadr met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the ВВС Russian website said.
Mehdi, who is influential in the Iraqi Army Head, has not appeared in public about two years, since his alignment agreed with U.S troops on launching ceasefire.
Moktada al-Sadr conducted armed struggle against U.S Army by 2007.