<span style="color: #222222;">Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Damascus. Syrian state media reported that Mr. Bin Farhan reached in Syrian Capital Damascus on Tuesday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This is the first visit by a Saudi official to Syria's capital since the start of the country's civil war in 2011.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Saudi foreign ministry in a statement said 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, and return it to its Arab surroundings.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The trip comes less than a week after Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad visited Saudi Arabia, also on the first such visit since the conflict began.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It is considering a significant step yet towards ending Syria's decade-long regional isolation.</span><br />