SANAA, DEC 17, SPA -- YEMENI PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALIH HELD IN ADEN TODAY TALKS WITH HIS SYRIAN COUNTERPART BASHAR AL-ASSAD. THE YEMENI NEWS AGENCY REPORTED THAT THE TWO LEADERS HAD REVIEWED ASPECTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN YEMEN AND SYRIA AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES, NOTABLY THE DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE, IRAQ, LEBANON AND SOMALIA. LATER THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT LEFT ADEN AFTER A TWO-DAY VISIT TO YEMEN.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/411793