NEW DELHI, INDIA - JANUARY 12: Walid Al Moualem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic with Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj before their meeting at Hyderabad House on January 12, 2016 in New Delhi, India. Syrian Deputy Prime Minister arrived here on a four-day visit for talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and other leaders during which he is expected to seek India's support for President Bashar al-Assad ahead of the UN-backed peace talks in Geneva. Russia has been carrying out air strikes in Syria in support of President al-Assad since September, targeting the terror outfit ISIS which has seized vast swathes of land in that country. (Photo by Sushil Kumar/Hindustan Times )
