The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports that Bakr bin Laden, Osama's 16-year-old son, arrived in Damascus on December 25, 2009 after spending 8 years in Iran, while his sister Iman is still taking refuge at the Saudi embassy in Tehran. Another son of Bin Laden, Omar, said that he and his mother have requested visas to enter Iran but have not yet been granted them.Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal said on Sunday (January 3) that Saudi Arabia was negotiating a deal with Iran to release Iman, and the Saudi daily Al-Majalla reported December 28 that Syria was mediating between the two countries in this affair.