BEIRUT, Sha'ban 19, 1433, Jul 9, 2012, SPA - The Joint U.N.-Arab League Envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan is holding talks with Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus in a last-ditch effort to salvage his peace plan. Annan is the architect of an international plan to end Syria's 16-month old crisis. He has acknowledged in a recent interview that the international community's efforts to find a political solution to the escalating violence in Syria have failed. His talks with Assad on Monday were expected to focus on ways to salvage the six-point peace plan, according to a report of the Associated Press. --SPA 13:17 LOCAL TIME 10:17 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1014181