Meeting signals Arab world is now willing to engage with the once widely shunned leader

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has flown to the United Arab Emirates, his office said, in his first visit to an Arab country since Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011.

In a statement posted on its social media pages, the office says that Assad met with Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai. The two discussed expanding bilateral relations between their countries.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/18/bashar-al-assad-visits-uae-in-attempt-to-build-arab-relations