Lebanese premier Hariri today for a crucial visit to Syria

Yesterday - 15.54 Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri of Lebanon arrived in Damascus today on a visit to an important conversation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad .. Continue reading this story visit the first of the new prime minister to Syria and looks set to close a long chapter five years of conflict between Damascus and the broad political alliance led by Hariri. Lebanese political sources predict that the two leaders agree on 'opening of a new phase in their personal relationship and the strengthening of cooperation between their governments to ensure the stability of Lebanon. The Party "14 March" Hariri has accused Syria of killing his father, the statesman Rafik al - Hariri, in February 2005, and also have attacked and killed other politicians and journalists. Syria denies the accusations. A special tribunal in the Hague has yet to indict anyone for the killing of Hariri.'s Outrage in Lebanon for the assassination of Hariri and the international pressure they then forced Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon in April 2005 , ending 30 years of military presence. The coalition of Saad al-Hariri clashed frequently in the past by Syria's Lebanese allies, led by the powerful Shia group Hezbollah, backed by Iran, and the political crisis threatened to Lebanon again fall into the abyss of civil war. In recent months, the rapprochement between Syria and Saudi Arabia, which supports Hariri, has eased tensions and allowed Hariri, which won parliamentary elections in June, to form a unity government which include national leaders of Hezbollah and other allies of Damascus.