Syria VP Al-Sharaa appears in public

Syrian Vice President Farouk Al-Sharaa has made his first public appearance in several weeks, ending rumors that he defected. Al-Sharaa was last seen at the funeral of four top Syrian government officials who were killed in a blast in Damascus on July 18. Since then, speculation has circulated that he defected to Jordan in what would have been a blow to Bashar Assad\'s regime. Jordan and Al-Sharaa\'s office repeatedly denied he defected. Sunday, reporters saw Al-Sharaa exit his car and walk to his office for a meeting with Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of Iran\'s powerful parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy. An Associated Press reporter at the scene said Al-Sharaa looked serious and steered away from reporters covering the meeting. He did not make a statement