DAMASCUS (SANA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has received a Lebanese delegation, headed by chairman of the Lebanese Democratic Party Talal Arslan, including clerics and political and party figures, and Lebanese economic and social actors. During the meeting, Assad said his country would continue to support crisis-hit Lebanon and stand with its people at all levels. Assad stressed that Damascus-Beirut relations should not be under the influence of changes or circumstances and that both Arab nations should work to strengthen the bilateral ties.