Syria's al Assad Plans a Trip to Riyadh

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.