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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to attend an Arab League summit, the first since Syria was readmitted following a 12-year suspension due to the civil war.
2023-05-19

The Arab League re-admits Syria as a member, after being suspended 12 years ago due to the Syrian civil war.
2023-05-7

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra indicates support for Syria to return to the Arab League after a decade-long suspension.
2022-07-26

The Aleppo International Airport in Aleppo, Syria, opens to the public for the first time since 2013. Syrian Transport Minister Ali Hammoud says regular commercial flights will begin within days, starting with Cairo, Egypt.
2020-02-17

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad accuses the United Kingdom of faking evidence of a chemical weapons attack in Douma.
2018-04-22

Egypt's state prosecutor Hisham Barakat dies in a bomb attack in Cairo.
2015-06-29

Arab League officials say the Syrian opposition, the National Coalition, will represent the country in the upcoming summit in Doha, Qatar.
2013-03-25

The Arab League grants the Syrian National Coalition the seat within its organisation formerly occupied by the Syrian Republic.
2013-03-6

The Syrian opposition makes the Egyptian capital Cairo its headquarters.
2012-11-19

The Arab League, speaking in Cairo, states written guarantees are required if Palestine is to enter into direct negotiations with Israel as Egyptian, Israeli, Palestinian and American representatives meet to talk.
2010-07-18