President Assad welcomed back to Arab League
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday attended the Arab League’s 32nd summit in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah for the first time since his country’s suspension following the eruption of war in Syria in 2011, Al Jazeera reported.
President Assad welcomed back to Arab League
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President Assad welcomed back to Arab League

Photo: AFP/Syrian Presidency
Eurasia 22/05/2023 08:01

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday attended the Arab League’s 32nd summit in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah for the first time since his country’s suspension following the eruption of war in Syria in 2011, Al Jazeera reported.

“I hope that it marks the beginning of a new phase of Arab action for solidarity among us, for peace in our region, development and prosperity instead of war and destruction,” Assad said during his speech, adding that Syria would always belong to the Arab world but called for non-interference in the internal affairs of Arab states.

“It is important to leave internal affairs to the country’s people as they are best able to manage their own affairs,” he added.

Photo: AFP/SANA
According to Al Jazeera, analysts said Syria’s readmission to the 22-member Arab League is a strong signal that al-Assad’s isolation is ending, reflecting an important shift in how regional actors view the reality of his government’s survival, in ways that are at odds with the West. Ibrahim Fraihat from the Doha Institute said al-Assad’s mention of the “Arab identity” was significant. “He emphasisied … the Arab identity of Syria, and linking that to the broader Arab region, which is emphasising that Syria and al-Assad regime here are part of the larger group and the entire region,” Fraihat told Al Jazeera.

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