Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
on Wednesday, after receiving delegates from Gulf and Western countries over the past few months.
In an exclusive interview with Kuwait’s al-Shahed newspaper on Wednesday, his first with a Gulf media outlet since 2011, Assad suggested relations with hostile regional powers are gradually improving and could be normalized, as the Syrian Army continues to reclaim territory in the war-torn country.
Meanwhile,
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commenting on the Syria crisis in an interview with al-Arabiya, Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
should seek to "reclaim" a role in the matter.
"Syria is an Arab country. Its people are Arabs and what happens there concerns us before any other nation. It is not correct that regional and international countries are looking into the Syrian issue and not us," Bahrain’s foreign minister said.
Syria was suspended from the vaporous Arab League in late 2011, as Gulf states ramped up their efforts to oust Assad’s government as part of their battle for regional dominance with Iran.
However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
some Gulf states, including Oman, and to a lesser extent, Bahrain, have maintained amicable relations with the Syrian government.
Now, with Damascus setting about nationwide post-war reconstruction, some Syrian government officials have suggested Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and its regional allies should pay billions of dollars in reparations to Syria.