Saudi Arabia resumes diplomatic work in Syria after its return to the Arab League

Saudi Arabia will reopen its diplomatic mission in Syria, the Saudi international ministry mentioned on Tuesday, practically a decade after diplomatic ties have been reduce and two days after Syria was readmitted into the Arab League.

Some Arab states, together with the United Arab Emirates, have turned the web page with Damascus, reversing years of isolation over President Bashar al-Assad’s crackdown on protests in 2011 and the ensuing civil conflict.

Sources advised Reuters in March that Damascus and Riyadh had agreed to reopen their embassies. The Saudi international ministry didn’t say on Tuesday when the embassy would re-open.

Syria’s state information company mentioned Damascus has determined to resume the work of its diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia.

Contacts between them had gathered momentum following a landmark China-brokered deal to re-establish ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a key ally of Assad, a regional supply aligned with Damascus had mentioned.

The United States, an ally of Saudi Arabia, has opposed strikes by regional nations to normalise ties with Assad, citing his authorities’s brutality throughout the battle and the want to see progress in the direction of a political resolution. Some Arab nations are additionally opposed.

The Saudi international ministry mentioned the resolution would assist regional safety and stability.

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