Abbas orders envoys to Syria over Gaza crisis
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has sent two envoys to Hamas’s exiled political leader and Syrian authorities to discuss the capture of an Israeli soldier and the crisis in the Gaza Strip. Abbas instructed members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation executive committee, Taysir Khalid and Abdullah Horani, to meet Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, the Syrian leadership and Palestinian factions in Damascus, the source said. Full Story