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Syria Rejoined The Arab League

Syria will take part in meetings starting today.

According to Iraqi official media, the foreign ministers of Arab League member states have agreed to reinstate Syria's membership after it was suspended more than a decade ago.

Representatives of the Syrian Republic will attend a meeting organized by the Arab League and its affiliated organizations beginning today, May 7.

At the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Sunday, the ministers decided to accept Syria back. 

The declaration coincides with recent regional efforts to normalize relations with Syria as well as an Arab League gathering scheduled for May 19 in Saudi Arabia. Syria's membership in the Arab League was terminated in March 2011. 

According to Jordan's top diplomat, Arab nations have been seeking normalization as al-Assad tightened his grip on Syrian territory and working towards an "Arab-led political path" to resolve the situation. 

The vote took place after a meeting in Jordan last week of senior regional officials from Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, who referred to the integration of Damascus into the Arab world as a "Jordan initiative."




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