UAE Envoy Visits Syrian Capital for First Time Since 2011

Several Arab states have re-embraced Syria after years of failed regime-change efforts

Hassan Ahmad al-Shehhi, UAE ambassador to Syria, arrived in the country’s capital, Damascus, on 30 January, marking the first visit of an Emirati envoy to the war-torn nation since 2011...

Shehhi had previously been the Emirati envoy to Iraq since 2015. Before that, he was the UAE ambassador to Sudan.

Damascus and Abu Dhabi restored diplomatic relations in 2018 following seven years of severed ties.

Syria-UAE relations deteriorated after the wealthy Gulf nation’s support for the US-led regime change war on Syria, which started in 2011.

🔗Source: The Cradle

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