Syrian President Bashar Assad, has greeted the Reverend Jesse Jackson,who recently arrived in Damascus on a humanitarian mission.Jackson, head of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, is leading a 10-man oecumenical delegation representing Jewish, Muslim, Roman Catholic and Protestant groups on a Middle East tour that would also include Lebanon and Israel.
Jackson said that he was on a "humanitarian mission" to hear the views of Syrian, Lebanese and Israeli officials concerning what is happening in the Middle East and to discuss the issue of releasing prisoners between Syria, Lebanon and Israel."
He went on to say, "We are in a humanitarian mission; we don't represent the US administration, and we are here to meet officials in Syria, Lebanon and Israel to urge for the ceasefire to hold and guarantee humanitarian aid."
