Saudi Arabia's top diplomat was in Syria on Friday, his first visit since president Bashar al-Assad's ouster, and is due to hold talks with the country's new leader.
Debra Tice, mother of missing Marine veteran and American journalist Austin Tice, has returned to Syria to search for her son who was taken captive in August 2012.
Saudi Arabia's top diplomat landed in Syria on Friday, an AFP correspondent reported, in his first visit to Damascus since Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad last month.