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Arab League unanimously readmits Syria after 11-year absence

By AFP 7 May 2023, 3:20 pm Edit
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on May 7, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo on May 7, 2023. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

CAIRO — The Arab League welcomes back Syria’s government, which has been shunned since 2011 over President Bashar Assad’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests that started the civil war.

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

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