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The billions of dollars Syria’s al-Assad is believed to be making from Captagon have given him a financial lifeline.

As the Arab world normalises relations with Syria, US pushes for concessions from the Assad government, analysts say.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been shunned internationally for over a decade, due to the brutal repression of anti-government protesters and the use of chemical weapons by his regime during the country's civil war. Despite numerous reported atrocities, the leader has clung onto power with the sole support of two…

Assad is attending summit in Saudi Arabia after 12 years outside bloc over Syrian civil war

As some Syrians welcomed President Bashar al-Assad's return to the Arab League on Friday, others expressed dismay that Arab states had welcomed back a leader they blame for death and destruction during 12 years of brutal civil war.

Many Arab states have accepted that Bashar al-Assad’s government has survived in Syria, and want to return to normality.

Arab leaders have been joined by Syrian President Bashar Assad for the first time in more than a decade at an annual Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia

He was invited to the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 2000.

With Syria's president returning to the fold — despite U.S. resistance — and with Saudi Arabia's recent detente with Iran, this year's Arab League summit reflects a changing region.