The Charge d'Affaires of the Iranian embassy in Damascus Ali Reza Ayati (L) shakes hands with Mansour Azzam, the Minister of Presidential Affairs of Syria (R), at the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 5, 2020. The Iranian embassy in Damascus on Sunday organized a ceremony to honor senior general Qassem Soleimani. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)