RIYADH/BEIRUT - Saudi Arabia is planning to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an Arab League summit that Riyadh is hosting in May, three sources familiar with the plans said, a move that would formally end Syria’s regional isolation.
Mr Gamal Roshdy, spokesperson for the Arab League secretary-general, said the organisation is not privy to every move on the bilateral level between Arab countries.Mr Assad’s attendance at an Arab League summit would mark the most significant development in his rehabilitation within the Arab world since 2011, when Syria was suspended from the organisation.
Hundreds of thousands of people have died in the war, which drew in numerous foreign powers, and splintered the country.
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