By Vivian Nereim and Hwaida Saad President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, welcomed in the Emirati capital with a 21-gun salute, is gradually re-emerging after the global shunning that followed his violent crushing of his country’s 2011 uprising.
Source: Assad’s 2nd Diplomatic Trip in Days Speeds Easing of Isolation
Category: International Relations, Assad, Bashar al-, Syria, United Arab Emirates


