Saudi, Syrian leaders visit Lebanon amid tension (AP)


Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, step off the plane upon their arrival at RAfik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday July 30, 2010. The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia have launched an unprecedented effort to defuse fears of violence over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Many fear that new violence between Lebanon's Shiite and Sunni communities could break out if the international tribunal investigating Hariri's death implicates the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which is Syria's main ally in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)AP - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia launched an unprecedented effort Friday to defuse fears of violence over upcoming indictments in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.