Saad Hariri meets with Bashar Al Assad - Damascus

In just over ten days, Syrian rebels have taken control of Syria's main cities, including the capital Damascus on Saturday night. President Bashar al-Assad, in power since 2000, has fled the country, according to Russia - FILE - Syrian President Bashar Al Assad (R) receives Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri at Teshreen palace in Damascus, Syria on December 19, 2009. Saad Hariri is in Syria for a 2-day visit to the neighbor country, it is the first visit since the assassination in Beirut of his father, former Lebanese Premier Rafiq Hariri, in February 2005, a murder which Saad Hariri accused Syria and its president Bashar Al Assad. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM