Saudi King Abdullah (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) drink traditional Arabic coffee during a meeting in Riyadh on March 11, 2009. Assad’s visit comes after years of strained relations over Damascus’s close links with Saudi rival Iran and its backing for radical Islamist movements such as the Palestinian movement Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)