Bashar Assad

Syria’s Assad and the Arab League at a crossroads - analysis

Can they move from pushing for stability in Syria to creating real stability in Sudan? Is the region entering a new diplomatic era?

Syria's Assad to steal spotlight at Arab summit after years in the cold

While Arab countries appear to have brought Assad in from the cold, they are still demanding that he curbs Syria's drug trade.

By REUTERS
17/05/2023

Syria's Assad may come in from the cold to attend climate conference - analysis

Attending a climate conference can make sense for Syria’s regime because some experts have blamed climate change for the regime’s crackdown and the war that resulted in 2011.

Syrian drug flow into Middle East may be outside Assad’s control

Arab League partners expect Syrian President Bashar Assad to deal with massive trafficking of the amphetamine Captagon, but the drug’s production and distribution network is embedded in Syria

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
12/05/2023

US lawmakers to introduce bill to combat normalization with Syria's Assad

The bill would prohibit the US federal government from recognizing or normalizing relations with any government in Syria led by Assad, who is under US sanctions.

By REUTERS
11/05/2023

Syria's Bashar Assad could be included in Arab League meeting - analysis

This is a major development and shows how quickly Saudi Arabia has worked to bring Syria back into the Arab fold.

Syrians split over government readmission into Arab League

Readmitting Syria into the Arab League was a "shock" for Syrians and would "kill the political process," said Bader Jamous, the head of the opposition's negotiating team

By REUTERS
08/05/2023

Syria headed back to Arab League, can Iran use this to threaten Israel? - analysis

The return of Syria to the Arab League is a symbolic turning point, bookending the Arab Spring and part of a new diplomatic era in the region, with the potential to hand over a win to Iran and Russia

Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalize

Syria was suspended from the Arab League in 2011 after cracking down on protests against the regime.

By REUTERS
07/05/2023

Raisi in Damascus highlights Iran-Syria alliance, threats to Israel - analysis

Iran’s president believes that Israel and the US are no longer able to conclude new peace deals in the region or increase their influence.

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