'Mashaal tells Lavrov in Syria that Hamas ready for talks with Israel'
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Al-Jazeera reported on Thursday.
According to the report, Mashal told the Russian official that Hamas was ready for a truce with Israel.
In a conflicting report, London-based daily Asharq Al-Awsat cited Mashaal as saying that "there will never be any contact between us and Israel!"