Arab League Re-admits Syria

The Arab League on Sunday welcomed back Syria’s government, which had been shunned since 2011 over President Bashar al-Assad’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests that started the civil war.

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“Government delegations from the Syrian Arab Republic will resume their participation in Arab League meetings,” said a unanimous decision by the group’s foreign ministers.

Assad has been politically isolated since the Syrian conflict began, but recent weeks have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity ahead of an Arab summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah on May 19.