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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks at a meeting of his cabinet in Damascus, Syria

While Bashar al-Assad is still shunned by the West who blame him for a decade of brutal war in Syria, a shift is under way in the Middle East where Arab allies of the United States are bringing him in from the cold by reviving economic and diplomatic ties.

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan has firmed up a belief among Arab leaders that they need to chart their own course.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is still shunned by the West, who blame him for a decade of brutal war in Syria, a shift is under way in the Middle East, where Arab allies of the US are bringing him in from the cold by reviving economic and diplomatic ties. The extension of al-Assad’s two-decade-old presidency in an election in May did little to break his pariah status among Western states, but fellow Arab leaders are coming to terms with the fact that he retains a solid grip on power. ...

US, France and UK Emphasize Their Absolute Estrangement from the Syrian Regime, Which Is Involved in Committing Heinous Violations, Stressing That It Must Be Held Accountable Paris – Statement by the Syrian Network for Human Rights:   On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) and…

The Biden Administration is accepting Jordan's "normalization" of relations with the Assad regime, including the reopening of a key border crossing.

Last Wednesday, Reuters reported a spokesperson of the US State Department claiming that it has no plans to normalise or upgrade diplomatic relations with the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad. I...

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Syrian President Bashar al Assad said billions of dollars of deposits held by his countrymen in Lebanon's financial sector that were blocked after a major financial crisis were a main cause of Syria's deepening economic crisis.Lebanese banks, fearing capital flight and grappling...

Just last year, President Bashar al-Assad seemed on the brink of crowning military victories by easing his diplomatic isolation and recovering more of Syria without a bullet being fired.