Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, hosted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, marking the first visit by Assad to an Arab country since 2011
State media in Syria and the United Arab Emirates announced the visit and published photos of the two at one of Sheikh Mohammed’s residences in Dubai. The reports carried almost identical language, saying that Mohammed hoped for peace in Syria and that the meeting addressed relations between Syria and the UAE.
The death toll in Syria has only risen since. In September, the United Nations said the war had left at least 350,000 dead, noting that this was an “More recently, there has been a sharp change in Syrian perception toward the United Arab Emirates. People in Syria who had, over the past decade, scorned countries that turned against Assad warmed toward the Gulf nation. There was also a spike in stories carried by Syrian state media about the success of the Syrian pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020.
The Syrian government recently adopted emergency measures to weather the economic fallout from Russia’s assault on Ukraine, saying it expects to ration key commodities including wheat, sugar, rice, potatoes and vegetable oil.A heavily sanctioned Syria was also further hit when neighboring Lebanon went through its own crises from 2019, including the collapse of its currency. Lebanon acted as Syria’s lung — a hub where traders and business executives could open bank accounts and access dollars.
Syrians hope the consequent resumption of trade with Arab countries would ease much of this economic weight. On Facebook, under a video of a smiling Assad walking with the emir and under photos of them clasping hands, Syrians cheered.
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