ASSESSMENTS

Syria's al Assad Plans a Trip to Riyadh

Apr 13, 2011 | 21:45 GMT

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Summary

Syrian President Bashar al Assad is reportedly traveling to Riyadh on April 13 to meet with Saudi King Abdullah. Such head-of-state visits are quite rare between Syria and Saudi Arabia, and a Syrian diplomatic source tells STRATFOR that al Assad will bring two messages to the king: one that demands Saudi Arabia end its support of political unrest in Syria and the other a peace offering from Iran.

Facing the biggest internal challenge to his regime yet, the Syrian president may be bound for a meeting with the Saudi king....

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