Carter meets with Hamas and Syria

Carter meets with Hamas and Syria

He's been villified at home for meeting the leader of a group, the US calls a terrorist organisation.

However, Jimmy Carter, the former US President, sat down for talks with the political leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal in Damascus.

Carter, who won a Nobel Prize for negotiating peace between Israel and Egypt, holds no official power, but he is an influential voice.

Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports from Damascus.



BBC Coverage is here (they do not allow sites to embed their videos)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TfiS8rvLpY