The conference was held in the al-Assad library of Damascus, according to the Syria Times.
Bahrain announced it would re-establish ties with the regime in 2018.
As Moscow is busy in Ukraine, Tehran is ready to seize the opportunity in Syria, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Russian warplanes targeted opposition positions; a rocket attack killed 10 government soldiers and wounded nine more in the northwest; Kurdish militants fired rockets and mortar shells from Syria on a Turkish military border post; Putin has begun moving troops from Syria to Ukraine
A few weeks after his visit to the UAE, the Syrian President has congratulated the new president of the Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed, state news agency SANA reports
President Bashar al-Assad received cables of congratulations from the heads of several Arab and foreign countries, according to SANA.
Assad is set to benefit the most from the rapprochement with the UAE, according to al-Souria Net.
Moscow considers that it lost control over Assad’s foreign relations after the outbreak of the Ukraine war, according to al-Souria Net.
Damascus excluded any rapprochement with Turkey, according to al-Watan.
Syria participated in the World Energy Forum in Dubai, where it discussed renewable energies and climate change, according to SANA.
The Syrian opposition blamed the regime delegation for the failure of this round of constitutional talks, according to al-Jazeera.
The Syrian regime president might visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt after the UAE.
Assad’s visit added more tension to the already strained relations between the U.S and the UAE, according to North Press.
The visit of Assad to the UAE cannot be dissociated from global developments, according to North Press.
Al-Assad was welcomed in the UAE, his first visit to an Arab country since the beginning of the war in 2011, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed
Russia and the UAE stressed on the need for an international effort to rebuild Syria, according to the Syria Times.
France’s ambassador the UN said he was pessimistic about the situation in Syria, in an interview to Asharq al-Awsat.
The Syrian opposition is holding talks in Qatar in a bid to unite its groups, as Assad consolidates influence and normalizes ties with Arab countries, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
A meeting was held between the Syrian Minister of Culture and the director of Louvre Abu Dhabi, according to the Syria Times.
No major changes in the position of America in the Middle East are to be expected, according to Robert Ford for Asharq al-Awsat.
