Saudi Arabia’s Prince Faisal Bin Farhan met with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in Damascus yesterday for the first time since 2011, to discuss the possibility of readmitting Syria into the Arab League, Saudi state news agency SPA reported. Prince Faisal and Assad discussed steps for a political resolution in Syria “that would contribute to the return of Syria to its Arab surroundings,” the statement said.

REMEMBER- Syria has not been welcomed back with open arms: Saudi’s meeting with Assad was met with opposition from other Arab states. Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan, have pushed back against normalizing relations with Syria, despite regional efforts to mend ties over the weekend.

ALSO- Qatar and the UAE plan to reopen their long closed embassies “in the coming weeks,” following a near four-year Gulf blockade of Qatar, according to Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majd Al Ansari. (France24)

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