Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement once known to be opponent to Syria wears Abaya (an Arabic traditional robe) during his tour to the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on 04 December 2008. Aoun is on a five-day visit to Syria the fist in twenty years and marked by warm welcome as he received a red carpet welcome by Syrian president Bashar Assad. Aoun said that a new page in the history of Syrian Lebanese relations was opened by the visit. he has a major Christian bloc in the Lebanese parliament. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI