HAVANA - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived Sunday in Cuba, the second stop of his first tour of Latin America, to meet with President Raul Castro to reinforce political and economic ties between the two allies, officials said. Assad will meet with Castro on Monday and sign several cooperation agreements, as well as undertake a commitment to reinforce education links between their nations -- some 200 Syrians recently graduated from Cuban universities in health related studies. Assad's is...
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