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Saudis Reportedly Pushing to Bring Syria Back to Arab League by May Summit

© FETHI BELAIDThe flags of Arab League nations fly on October 31, 2022 along the side of a highway ahead of the Arab Summit meeting in Algeria's capital Algiers.
The flags of Arab League nations fly on October 31, 2022 along the side of a highway ahead of the Arab Summit meeting in Algeria's capital Algiers. - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.04.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Saudi Arabia is leading efforts to have Syria reinstated as member of the Arab league by its next summit in May, US media reported Wednesday.
The 22-nation League is split on whether Syria should be allowed to return after it was suspended over the 2011 unrest, but Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are trying to convince the Cairo-based regional grouping that the time has come to welcome Damascus back to the fold, US media reported.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, 4th left, and the Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit, 4th right, pose for a photo with representatives of Arab League nations prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 4, 2022.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.06.2022
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The news agency cited three people briefed by the Saudis and one person close to the Emirati government as saying that Syria could be readmitted as early as this May, in time for the Arab League summit in Riyadh. There is, however, a risk that this will be delayed or even fall through, it said.
Qatar and Kuwait oppose the effort, but people briefed on the discussions told the new agency that the two would not be able to resist Saudi pressure for too long. The US knows of the plan and has warned against it but can do little to change the course of events, the news agency was told.
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