Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad meets with Saudi Arabia's top diplomat in Damascus, marking the first visit by a Riyadh official to the Syrian capital since the outbreak of the country's civil war in 2011
The FM's trip marks the first visit by a Riyadh official to the Syrian capital since the outbreak of the country's civil war in 2011.
The Saudi prince arrived in Damascus in the afternoon on the first visit to Syria's capital by a Saudi official since the start of the country's civil war in 2011. Last week, diplomats from nine Arab countries met in the Saudi city of Jeddah to discuss ending Syria's long spell in the diplomatic wilderness and its possible return to the 22-member Arab League after Damascus was suspended in 2011.Saudi Arabia, along with several other Arab countries had severed ties with Assad's government in 2012 and Riyadh had long openly championed Assad's ouster, backing Syrian rebels in earlier stages of the war.
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