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Mr Al Assad is also expected to meet China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing. AP

Syria's President Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma arrive at Hangzhou airport, his first visit to China in two decades. Reuters

Mr Al Assad travelled to the eastern Chinese city for the opening ceremony of the Asian Games. Reuters

Mr Al Assad is welcomed in Hangzhou. Reuters

The high-ranking Syrian delegation was to include Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad. Reuters

Mr Al Assad aims to use the visit to shore up international support. EPA

Mr Al Assad is also expected to meet China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing. AP

Syria's President Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma arrive at Hangzhou airport, his first visit to China in two decades. Reuters

Mr Al Assad travelled to the eastern Chinese city for the opening ceremony of the Asian Games. Reuters

Mr Al Assad is welcomed in Hangzhou. Reuters

The high-ranking Syrian delegation was to include Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad. Reuters

Mr Al Assad aims to use the visit to shore up international support. EPA

Mr Al Assad is also expected to meet China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing. AP

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad visits China - in pictures

Feeding gulls in the Yamuna River while engulfed in smog, in New Delhi, India. AFP

Pictures of the week: From smog in New Delhi to a Christmas dinosaur

Civil defence members plant a Lebanese flag in the rubble of their centre in Douris, near Baalbek, in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, after an Israeli air strike that killed at least 15 of their colleagues. Photo: Oliver Marsen for The National

Israel strikes civil defence centre in the Bekaa valley - in pictures