Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Wednesday met UN Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen.
State media reported that they discussed the latest developments in Syria and the region during their meeting in Riyadh. They also “exchanged views on issues of common interest”.
Syria's President Bashar Al Assad expressed support for Russia's operation in Ukraine in Moscow on Wednesday and said that Damascus's position is one that is not taken only “out of loyalty”.
Mr Al Assad visited Moscow this week on his first official visit outside the Middle East since the earthquake last month that hit both Turkey and Syria.
Poverty becomes a way of life in Syria — in pictures
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Syrians sift through a garbage dump near an oil field in the countryside of Malikiya in north-east Syria. AFP -
Displaced Syrian children carry their family's belongings as they arrive at a newly built camp near the town of Atmeh in Idlib. Getty -
A displaced girl, who fled from western Aleppo countryside, sits next to a heater in a tent in Afrin. Reuters -
A man walks through mud near tents at a camp for internally displaced people in the northern Aleppo countryside. Reuters -
Motorists queue at a petrol station as they wait to fuel up in Aleppo. Reuters -
Children at a camp for internally displaced Syrians in the Jabal Bersaya area, near the opposition-held Turkey border crossing of Bab Al Salama northern Aleppo. AFP -
Children play near their tent at the Jabal Bersaya camp. AFP
