Lebanese political and religious leaders outnumbered all the other foreign dignitaries bidding farewell to Assad, a key player in Lebanese politics whose death was described by the Lebanese Prime Minister Selim Hoss as a "catastrophe".
Iranian president Mohammad Khatami was among the later arrivals, making an unprecedented trip to demonstrate Tehran's solidarity with Syria – DAMASCUS (AFP)
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