![]() | Communiqué issued after meeting says 'leaders stressed the importance of stability" and commitment of Lebanese to refrain from violence ... |
![]() | As tensions rise over imminent UN report on Hariri assassination, al-Assad, Abdullah attend summit with Lebanese officials ... |
| The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia wrapped up a visit to Lebanon Friday, seeking to cool tensions over an imminent move to indict members of a Shiite militia for the 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The anticipated indictment ... |
![]() | Syria is back. President Bashar al-Assad dropped off in Beirut yesterday – along with old King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia – to chat to the Lebanese president, ministers and members of parliament over a massive lunch. ... |
![]() | Saudi Arabia and Syria were bitterly divided in the aftermath of the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. But the leaders of both countries visited Lebanon on Friday to try to ease tensions over reports Hezbollah will be implic ... |
| BEIRUT (AP) — The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia launched an unprecedented effort Friday to defuse fears of violence over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Lebanese Prime Minister Saa ... |
| Shadow of slain former PM Rafik Hariri looms over public show of co-operation between Saudi Arabia and Syria ... |
| An Arab summit of the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Syria met in Beirut today for the first time in eight years amid rising concern that the Hariri assassination tribunal could indict key Hezbollah members – sparking Hezbollah unrest. ... |
| President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah visit Lebanese capital to calm tensions and pave way for Palestinian-Israeli talks The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia arrived in Beirut today on an unprecedented joint mission to try to calm Lebanon's te ... |
| The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia arrived in Lebanon on Friday, a visit intended to ease a heatening political crisis in the religiously diverse and combustible nation. ... |
![]() | AFP - Visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday urged Lebanese parties to avoid resorting to violence in the face of mounting political tensions in the country. ... |
| AP - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia were heading to Beirut on Friday in an unprecedented effort to avert a crisis over expected indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. ... |
| The visit, five years after the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, showed that Syria’s influence over Lebanon was rising again. ... |
| The visit, five years after the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, showed that Syria’s influence over Lebanon was rising again.br ... |
| The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia have arrived in Beirut for an unprecedented effort to avert a simmering crisis in Lebanon. ... |