Syrian, Hadiya Khalaf Abbas The Syrian speaker will pay official visit to Iran soon to hold talks with senior officials of the Islamic Republic, Iranian parliament advisor on international affairs,  Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, says.. ... During her visit to Tehran, Syrian speaker will..…

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan butting heads with Democratic leaders in the two chambers over number of other unrelated legislative matters that have hung up the talks and now threaten to trigger repeat of the government shutdown October 2013.. ..…