Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim says Assad's return to Arab League is welcome, but won't amount to much

On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

English - May 18, 2023 20:49 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB
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The co-chair of the main party governing Kurdish-led northeast Syria believes Arab engagement with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria may help secure a peaceful resolution to the Syrian conflict, provided that there are conditions attached.

These include granting ethnic and religious minorities equal rights. However, Muslim says "the miserable" League has delivered little if anything on other Arab conflicts.

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