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Syria’s Return to Arab Fold Shows Resurgence of Authoritarian Rule

Arab League’s about-turn, engineered by Riyadh, coincides with Washington’s waning influence in the region

By Benoit Faucon

and Summer Said

May 19, 2023 8:05 am ET

The Arab League voted Sunday to readmit Syria to the regional bloc after 12 years of isolation. WSJ’s Benoit Faucon explains how Syria’s Assad rebuilt ties despite being condemned for waging a war against his own people. Photo composite: Eve Hartley

Syria’s reintegration into the Arab world shows how authoritarian rule has returned to the Middle East more than a decade after the Arab Spring uprisings swept across the region.

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