Arabs ease Assad's isolation as U.S. looks elsewhere
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks at a meeting of his cabinet in Damascus, Syria
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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.
The momentum seems to favour co-operation rather than conflict
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