After being largely shunned in the region for the past 12 years, Syria appears set to return to the fold after two devastating earthquakes left thousands dead in the country’s northwest early this month.
On Feb. 27, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry visited Damascus, where he held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
It was the first such visit by a top Egyptian official since conflict erupted in Syria amid the “Arab Spring” uprisings of 2011.
“I am happy to visit Syria and had the honor to meet President Bashar al-Assad,” Shoukry said at a joint press conference with his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad….