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It was a rich moment for another reason: Despite the massive reward (or, perhaps, because of it), Assad has no plans to abandon the mullahs of Teheran. Not, at least, un- til he has extracted the max- imum mileage from his role as the major Arab supporter of non-Arab Iran. This was emphasized by Radio Damascus, which quoted a senior government official as insisting that the Syrian and Iraqi leaders were just good friends. The en- counter, said the official em- phatically, was "a handshake, nothing more." But it was also an elegant display of tactical skill by the Syrian leader, who must be counted among the most adroit political operators in the Middle East. Assad had dominated the 1980 Arab Summit in Am- man by staying away and massing his troops on the Jor- danian border. He dominated last week's summit by demonstrating his key role in the region. Assad's economy is almost bankrupt, his army is bogged down in Lebanon, his coun- trymen are deeply dissatis- fied with the corruption and inefficiency of his regime, and he is on the "wrong" side in the Gulf War. Yet, he emerg- ed as the hero of the summit, one of the truly authentic Arab leaders. The Amman summit was convened primarily to discuss the Gulf War. But while the Arab leaders produced their predictable condemnation of Iran, Assad neutered the resolution and prevented the rhetoric from spilling over in- to demands for real sanctions. He also prevented the return of Egypt, expelled from the Arab League after its 1979 peace treaty with President Hafez Assad: A rich moment. Israel, to the heart of the Arab world. Moderate Arab states were alarmed that the Gulf War might involve other gulf states. They were also pro- foundly grateful for the military aid Cairo has pro- vided both Iraq and Kuwait. The moderates were anxious to express this appreciation by rehabilitating the largest and most powerful Arab state. But while a number of such leaders have announced they are resuming relations with Egypt, President Assad per- suaded them to avoid a formal gesture at the summit. Assad, the realist, knows that Egypt's eventual return to the Arab fold is inevitable. But, he urgently needs to keep Egypt out of Arab League councils and to delay as long as possible the evil day when Cairo will challenge Syria's central role in the Arab world. "The whole thing was typi- cal, clever Assad," said Pro- fessor Moshe Maoz, an Orien- talist at the Hebrew Univer- sity and a leading expert on Syria. "He embraced Saddam Hussein and got the money," said Maoz, "without cutting his ties with Iran and losing his supplies of free Iranian oil. He reasserted his role as middle man between the Arabs and Iran. He watered down the summit's resolu- tions on the Gulf War and kept Egypt out of the Arab League. And he did it all brilliantly." Maoz, who recently com- pleted a biography of Assad, believes Assad's ability to dominate the summit and bend it to his will reflects his Continued on Page 44