Syria’s Assad visits UAE in first trip to an Arab country since civil war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/18/syria-bashar-assad-uae-dubai-war/
Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, hosted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, on the first visit by Assad to an Arab country since 2011 …
In November, the Emirati foreign minister, Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, visited Damascus and met with Assad, furthering the sense that Syria’s isolation was coming to an end.
The United States stood by its position on Assad after the visit was announced. State Department spokesman Ned Price criticized Mohammed’s decision. According the Associated Press, he said Washington was “profoundly disappointed and troubled by this apparent attempt to legitimize Bashar al-Assad…”