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UAE’s embrace of Syria could lead to more Arab overtures

FILE - Syrian authorities distribute bread, vegetables and pasta to Douma residents in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018. The visit by the United Arab Emirates top diplomat to Damascus is a major boost for Syria's President Bashar Assad who has survived the 10-year conflict, emerging weakened but still at the helm of a broken country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad supporters hold up national flags and pictures of Assad as they celebrate at Omayyad Square, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, May 27, 2021. The visit by the United Arab Emirates top diplomat to Damascus is a major boost for Syria's President Bashar Assad who has survived the 10-year conflict, emerging weakened but still at the helm of a broken country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) FILE - Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, waves for his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The visit by the United Arab Emirates top diplomat to Damascus is a major boost for Syria's President Bashar Assad who has survived the 10-year conflict, emerging weakened but still at the helm of a broken country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) FILE - In this handout photo provided by the US Embassy in Turkey, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, examines aid materials at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Turkey and Syria, Thursday, June 3, 2021. The visit by the United Arab Emirates top diplomat to Damascus is a major boost for Syria's President Bashar Assad who has survived the 10-year conflict, emerging weakened but still at the helm of a broken country. (US Embassy in Turkey via AP, File) FILE - residents walk through the destruction of the once rebel-held Salaheddine neighborhood in the eastern Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. The visit by the United Arab Emirates top diplomat to Damascus is a major boost for Syria's President Bashar Assad who has survived the 10-year conflict, emerging weakened but still at the helm of a broken country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File) FILE - Front, from left, former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Syrian President Bashar Assad, former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, stand during the opening session of the Arab Summit in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 29, 2008. The visit by the United Arab Emirates top diplomat to Damascus is a major boost for Syria's President Bashar Assad who has survived the 10-year conflict, emerging weakened but still at the helm of a broken country. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File) FILE - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. The visit by the United Arab Emirates top diplomat to Damascus is a major boost for Syria's President Bashar Assad who has survived the 10-year conflict, emerging weakened but still at the helm of a broken country. (SANA via AP, File) FILE - In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. The visit by the United Arab Emirates top diplomat to Damascus is a major boost for Syria's President Bashar Assad who has survived the 10-year conflict, emerging weakened but still at the helm of a broken country. (SANA via AP, File)