DHAKA: Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is making a rare trip outside the capital to meet people displaced by the country’s three-year-old civil war.

Syria state media reported on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.

‘President Assad is inspecting conditions for the displaced in Damascus province,’ state television said.

‘President Assad is touring shelters for the displaced... and listening to their needs,’ it added.

‘The state continues to secure basic necessities for the displaced until they can return to their homes in Adra and elsewhere,’ state television quoted Assad as saying.

BDST: 1648 HRS, MAR 12, 2014