Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/18868516 (182247ZMAY23) Notable: Int’l Economic Forum Russia – Islamic World kicks off with participation of Syria
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Assad Arrives To Red Carpet Treatment In Saudi Arabia, Historic 1st Since War Began
These are images that Washington never wanted world to behold, following more than a decade-long regime change proxy war aimed at Damascus...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has in a historic visit arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday in his presidential plane.
The Syrian head of state, long under severe US sanctions, triumphantly exited the plane in what many supporters are calling a 'victorious' moment - with one regional commentator remarking "the Lion has landed".
This year's summit in Jeddah, set to begin Friday, will witness Syria's formal readmittance to the 22-member Arab League after a 12-year suspension
In November 2011 the Arab League kicked Syria out of the organization, citing the crackdown by Damascus on opposition protests, but which immediately turned into an armed insurrection. Syria had maintained the move was "illegal and a violation of the organization’s charter."
The Biden administration has meanwhile been urging regional allies to not pursue normalization with Assad. Despite this, UAE was the first to do so - and as of March Saudi Arabia and Syria agreed to reopen their respective embassies after more than a decade.
Even Saudi media has done a dramatic about-face on Assad...
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Assad Arrives To Red Carpet Treatment In Saudi Arabia, Historic 1st Since War Began
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