By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's longtime Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country's most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, died on Monday. He was 79. Al-Moallem, who served as ambassador to Washington for nine years, starting in 1990 during Syria's on-and-off peace talks with Israel, was a close confidant of Assad known for his loyalty and hard-line position against the opposition. A soft spoken, jovial man with a dry sense of humor, al-Moallem was also known for his ability to defuse tensions […]

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