{"id":15193,"date":"2023-05-08T01:27:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T23:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=15193"},"modified":"2023-05-08T01:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T23:27:37","slug":"arab-league-reinstates-syrias-membership-after-12-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/arab-league-reinstates-syrias-membership-after-12-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab League reinstates Syria\u2019s membership after 12 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With Bashar Al Asad\u2019s evident victory in Syria\u2019s ongoing internal conflict, Damascus is on a path to normalizing relations with other Arab nations after decade-long political isolation. The foreign ministers of the Arab League nations agreed to reinstate Syria\u2019s membership in the organization after 11 years of suspension.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top diplomats from the Arab League nations gathered in the organization\u2019s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on May 7, 2023. Foreign ministers voted to decide on Syria\u2019s return to the organization as a member. The conflict in Sudan was also on the agenda at the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syria\u2019s membership was revoked in 2011 after the country\u2019s President Bashar Al Assad ordered a crackdown on protestors in the same year. Since then, the country has fallen into civil unrest that resulted in the death of nearly half a million people and displaced another 23 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a press conference on Sunday, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit confirmed that Syria has been reinstated into the Arab League. He added that a follow-up meeting would be held to work towards a resolution to the Syrian crisis. He emphasized that the decision to establish normal relations between Syria and other Arab countries is a matter of each country’s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters, to discuss the Sudan and Syrian situations, in Cairo, Egypt May 7, 2023. (Image Credit: Reuters\/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Egyptian Foreign Minister Samer Shoukry said that only an Arab-led “political solution without foreign dictates” can end the ongoing conflict, restoring Syria’s unity and stability and allowing refugees and the internally displaced to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision comes after the foreign ministers of Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan met for talks in the Jordanian capital on May 1, to discuss the possibilities of bringing Assad\u2019s government back into the Arab fold. The Amman meeting was one of the latest efforts between Syria and its Arab neighbors to normalize ties with the Assad regime after its evident victory in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision to add Syria back into the Arab League comes only a few days ahead of the Arab League Leaders\u2019 Summit that is set to be held in Saudi Arabia on May 19. After Syria\u2019s normalization of relations with its fellow Arab nations, it is expected that Syrian President Bashar Al Assad would also attend the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Syria attend a summit in Amman, Jordan, on May 1, 2023. (Image Credit: SPA)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While several Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, pushed Syria\u2019s rehabilitation into the organization, some states, Jordan, Kuwait, and Qatar, have opposed Al Assad\u2019s presence in the Arab League Leaders\u2019 Summit saying that an invitation before Damascus agrees to negotiate a peace plan would be premature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the Arab world\u2019s increasing acceptance of Assad\u2019s regime in Syria, the U.S. has maintained that it would not change its position on matters related to Bashar Al Assad, largely due to his affiliation with the Russian and Iranian governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Washington will not normalize its relations with Syria\u2019s Bashar Al Assad government. He said it during a call with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi on May 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damascus remains under heavy sanctions from the U.S., as Washington aims to isolate the Assad regime in response to its widely documented human rights violations during the era of conflict. The U.S. has discouraged its allies on numerous occasions from moving closer to Al Assad\u2019s government as it does not see it to be legitimate leadership for Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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