UAE reopens embassy in Damascus

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) reopened Thursday their embassy in Damascus, a diplomatic victory for the regime of Bashar al-Assad, because this Gulf country allied with the United States has once supported some armed rebel groups at war against Damascus.

According to the UAE, this measure aims to normalize bilateral relations and to avoid regional interference in "Syrian Arab affairs" - which seems to be an allusion to Iran, a country outside the Arab world whose support for Assad has been crucial. .