Arab states have agreed to readmit Syria into the Arab League more than a decade after its membership was suspended following President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown against a popular uprising.
Foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo on Sunday, voted to readmit Syria after relations between Arab capitals and Damascus thawed in recent months, with a series of high-profile visits and Saudi-led diplomacy focusing on how the region should re-engage with the regime.
The readmittance — a symbolic boost to Assad — comes after Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations with Iran, one of the regime’s biggest backers, in March.
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