Bahrain on Friday announced it will resume operations at its embassy in Syria, reflecting new efforts by Gulf Arab states to improve relations with President Bashar Assad as the war winds down. A day earlier, the United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus with a flag-raising ceremony before journalists ...
A prominent American rabbi, who was named a “special adviser” to the king of Bahrain, said this week that the withdrawal of US troops from Syria has the potential to “warm Israeli ties with the Sunni Arab states.” US President Donald Trump’s unexpected move “exacerbates the Arab world’s worries about ...