Does Syria’s Road Back to the Arab Family Go Through the UAE?
... Committee for the Middle East Sporadic contacts, embassies closed Limited data in public domain; May 2021: General Khaled al-Humaidan, Saudi Intelligence Chief visited Damascus Implementing banking and insurance projects in Syria (2020: 2 nd investor in the GCC/4 th among the Arab states) United Arab Emirates Mar 2022: President of Syria Bashar al-Assad visited UAE Nov 2021, Jan 2023: UAE’s FM visited Damascus Dec 2018: UAE embassy to Syria reopened on the level of chargé d’affaires Limited data; UAE is likely to provide training for Syrian intelligence officers and to preserve dialogue on Idlib and Türkiye’s ...