Arab League has announced that Syria’s membership, suspended in 2001, will be restored and that Mr. Assad will attend its next summit in Saudi Arabia on May 19.
Bashar Assad is back, and the Arab League's got him
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The 22-member Arab League agreed earlier this month to reinstate Syria, ending a 12-year suspension and taking another step toward bringing Syrian President Bashar Assad, a long-time regional pariah, back into the fold.
Back in the Arab League after 12 years, Syria urges group to invest in war-torn country
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