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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right,l talks to reporters in Damascus, Tuesday Jan, 31, 2006 while receiving a Jordanian delegation of Islamic parties headed by Abdul-Majeed Zneibat, the General observer of the Muslim Brotherhood party in Jordan. The delegation came to Damascus to congratulate Hamas on its victory in parliamentary elections. Mashaal said he will start a tour on the Arab and Islamic countries to raise support for the Palestinian people. Mashaal said that Hamas will not yield to Western pressure to give up its fundimental principles.(AP Photo/ Bassm Tellawi).