Arab League readmits Syria as relations with Assad normalise

Syria’s membership of Arab League suspended in 2011 after bloody crackdown on street protests

The Arab League has adopted a decision to readmit Syria after more than a decade of suspension, a spokesperson for the league said, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President Bashar al-Assad.

The decision was taken at a closed meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League’s headquarters in Cairo, said Gamal Roshdy, spokesperson for the Arab League’s secretary general.