Saudi Arabia, Syria Show Support for Lebanon

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Bashar al-Assad, Syria's president, held joint talks with Lebanon's prime minister in order to quell tensions in a country on the brink of violence, should a U.N. inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri result in accusations toward Hezbollah. Despite the fact that Saudi Arabia and Syria support opposing factions in Lebanon, the country's two leaders visited together as a show of support for overall stability. Al Jazeera's Rula Amin reports from Beirut.

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