Video duration 28 minutes 12 seconds
After 12 years of civil war and government crackdown in Syria, the Arab League has restored the country.
Syria was out of the Arab League for more than a decade.
Now President Bashar al-Assad and his regime are welcome again.
The acquisition points to a warming of ties between Syria and many of its regional neighbours. But critics say calls for accountability over the country’s civil war are now fading.
Will this end al-Assad’s regional isolation? What’s next for Syria and its people?
Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault
Guests:
Omar Alshogre – Former Syrian refugee and now director of detention affairs at the Syrian Emergency Task Force
Joshua Landis – Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma
Ammar Waqqaf – Director of Gnosos, a Middle East think tank