Reuters: Syrian, Saudi Leaders To Tackle Tension In Lebanon
The leaders of Syria
and Saudi
Arabia, paying an unprecedented joint visit to Beirut on Friday,
will try to head off any conflict over a U.N.-backed tribunal which may
indict Hezbollah members in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese statesman
Rafik al-Hariri.
Hariri's killing drove a wedge between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah. Now reconciled, their visit symbolizes their determination to avert a crisis brewing between Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, and factions aligned with Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, an ally of Riyadh.
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Hariri's killing drove a wedge between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah. Now reconciled, their visit symbolizes their determination to avert a crisis brewing between Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, and factions aligned with Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, an ally of Riyadh.
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