Saudi foreign minister to visit Damascus on Friday, Syrian official says

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January 23, 2025 4:13 PM EST

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud points his finger towards the camera ahead a family photo with other G7 foreign ministers as they meet in Fiuggi, Italy, November 25, 2024. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian official said on Thursday.

Bin Farhan was last in Damascus in April 2023 to meet former President Bashar al-Assad, part of Saudi efforts to end the years-long regional isolation of Syria's then-president.

The following month, Saudi Arabia invited Assad to an Arab League summit in Riyadh, a body that had suspended Syria's membership over his deadly crackdown on protesters in 2011.

Arab countries have historically been concerned about Syria's production and trade of captagon, an amphetamine-like drug used in the Gulf by party-goers and labourers alike.

Syria is under a caretaker administration after rebels overthrew Assad in December.

(Reporting by Timour Azhari; Editing by Diane Craft and Cynthia Osterman)


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