![Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia meets Bashar al-Assad on April 18, 2023 in Damascus, Syria. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Damascus on Tuesday, for the first such visit to Syria in 12 years [Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry / Anadolu Agency]](https://www.jewworldorder.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/saudi-foreign-minister-visits-assad-further-easing-syria-isolation-1.jpg)
Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, received Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state media reported, in the most significant step yet towards ending Syria's decade-long regional isolation, Reuters reports. Bin Farhan landed earlier on Tuesday for the first visit of a top Saudi diplomat to Damascus since ties were ruptured following Assad's deadly crackdown on protesters in 2011 – violence that escalated into a decade-long civil war. Syria's state news agency said bin Farhan met with Assad but did not immediately provide further details. The Saudi Foreign Ministry said in an online statement that the visit showed the Kingdom's desire to find a political solution to Syria's conflict that would preserve the country's "Arab identity, […] Source